- Release Date: 2002
- Runtime: 110 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Starring: James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Kip Pardue, Jessica Biel ... see all
- Director: Roger Avary
- Plot: The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
User Reviews
Rock on!
Apr 10, 2008
abglos - yahoo.com
Apr 10, 2008abglos - yahoo.com
A great movie from start to finish! The only reason films like this do not do better in the main stream or among critics is because it fails to be a blah cookie cutter, carbon copy of the last three hundred... Full review
Slow movie, nice plot
Mar 22, 2008
chris_miller333 - yahoo.com
Mar 22, 2008chris_miller333 - yahoo.com
The movie is pretty slow. Its picks up towards the end and its like ahh. Its worth renting for 99 cents at your local ****.com It has nice meaning and great subject for conversation but as far as entertainment... it was... Full review
Reall movie
Jan 31, 2008
bloomy_2006 - yahoo.com
Jan 31, 2008bloomy_2006 - yahoo.com
close to reality, well-paid and worths a lot!!!!! either the histroy of iranians or the jewish part. the movie was really heroic!... Full review
Critics are so off.
Oct 05, 2007
thecritic819 - yahoo.com
Oct 05, 2007thecritic819 - yahoo.com
The Rules of Attraction is brilliant in so many ways. Its a dark comedy, with style we havnt seen used corectly in years. Writter/Director Roger Avary gives the audience a visual masterpiece along with brilliant acting, a twisted and funny story,... Full review
confusing but good
Aug 13, 2007
tombradyformvp - yahoo.com
Aug 13, 2007tombradyformvp - yahoo.com
when i 1st saw this movie i was worride because american psycho confused the ***** out if me and this was by the same director but this story is a lil more clear and it was actully a pretty good movie... Full review
Some interesting cinematic techniques..
Jul 09, 2007
tedkidd - yahoo.com
Jul 09, 2007tedkidd - yahoo.com
Although a little slow at times, and definitely depressing, I enjoyed this movie. I particularly enjoyed the method used for moving backwards and forwards in time.... Full review
Disturbingly brilliant
Jul 09, 2007
danielcharchuk - yahoo.com
Jul 09, 2007danielcharchuk - yahoo.com
A difficult movie to grade. On the one hand, it's quite disturbing, overtly confusing, and utterly pointless. On the other, it's darkly comical, occasionally brilliant, and frequently hilarious. Definitely one of a kind. Some parts of it are disgusting in their... Full review
Didn't go anywhere
Jun 08, 2007
pulpgrinder2000 - yahoo.com
Jun 08, 2007pulpgrinder2000 - yahoo.com
I just finished reading the book this past week and thought I would rent the movie to see the adaptation. The movie never establishes a connection to the characters. The book is pretty nihilistic to begin with but at least there... Full review
Blasphemous
May 20, 2007
pusherman0 - yahoo.com
May 20, 2007pusherman0 - yahoo.com
This movie was quite possibly the worst I have ever seen, no it wasn't that bad, but close to it. There was no plot, just a bunch of ugly characters doing ugly things. I'm ok with ugly chacters, but they have... Full review
Boring-Disgusting; Pointless-Bad
May 13, 2007
tvfan182002 - yahoo.com
May 13, 2007tvfan182002 - yahoo.com
This is a terrible movie. I haven't seen a more disgusting film since the Island of Dr. Moreau, clap your hands people because this movie will destroy Striptease and Mary Rielly's Secret from the shelf of bad movies.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Mar 16, 2009associatedcontent.com
The Rules of Attraction is a very interesting movie starring James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, Kip Pardue, Ian Somerhalder, and a few other names in the young adult actor industry.....being raped in a dorm room, for example.What I find the most interesting about this movie is.... ... Full Review
| Feb 19, 2009Buddy TV, WA
It could be the best movie ever where James van der Beek pleasures himself while smelling love letters. ... Full Review
| Jun 01, 2008FilmInk
Rules Of Attraction is shockingly good.....And though you won't believe it till you see it, huge kudos go to the fabulous James Van Der Beek, who is so flawlessly menacing as Sean Bateman.... ... Full Review
| May 08, 2008The Onion A.V. Club
Though by no means a complete success, Avary's take on The Rules Of Attraction is inspired and vibrant where many more wholly accomplished films are not.
Avary's reveal of the actual letter-writer comes via another ingenious stylistic trick in which we, the audience, discover we've had plenty of chances to notice her, too, but haven't.
... Full Review
| May 07, 2008The Onion A.V. Club
Though by no means a complete success, Avary's take on The Rules Of Attraction is inspired and vibrant where many more wholly accomplished films are not.....Ellis' second novel, The Rules Of Attraction , was extraordinarily difficult to bring to film..... ... Full Review
News
Easton Ellis Develops Scary Feature
darkhorizons.com –
2009-05-20
"American Psycho" and "The Rules of Attraction" author Bret Easton Ellis has penned an untitled original screenplay that The Roseblood Movie Co. will co-finance and produce says The Hollywood Reporter . ... Full Article
Scenes We Love: The Rules of Attraction
cinematical.com –
2009-02-06
The New Cult Canon: The Rules Of Attraction
avclub.com –
2008-05-07
Cheap and flimsy
thephoenix.com –
2008-01-09
Stars Shannyn Sossamon ( Rules of Attraction ) and Ed Burns make a fetching duo on screen, but their charms can't conceal the flimsiness of this remake of a 2003 Japanese horror flick that itself borrowed heavily from the Ringu/Ring... ... Full Article
Cashback
slantmagazine.com –
2007-06-12
n the same evolutionary ladder as Donnie Darko , Ghost World , The Rules of Attraction , and Art School Confidential , Cashback occupies the lowest, Cro-Magnon rung. ... Full Article
The Rules Of Attraction - Film Review
totalfilm.com –
2003-03-28

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