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Rules of Attraction (The)
- Director: Roger Avary
- Writer: Bret Easton Ellis; Roger Avary
- Producer: Roger Avary; Marc Butan
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A love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
It's a teen flick, supposedly a dark one, which means that none of the teens are enjoying themselves - despite the drugs and alcohol.
Ultimately, this is not as clever as it thinks it is, too much reverse motion, split screen and masturbation. A tad tiresome for adults.
It is a teen movie for a teen audience - who will all think it's terribly radical - unfortunately, it's not.
Only for those who are rejoicing at the sight of their pubic hair.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Camden College. Sean Bateman is the younger brother of depraved Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman. He's also a drug dealer who owes a lot of money to "fellow" dealer Rupert Guest, as well as a well-known womanizer, for he sleeps with nearly half of the female population on campus. Lauren Hynde is, technically, a virgin. She's saving herself for her shallow boyfriend, Victor Johnson, who's left the States to backpack across Europe. Her slutty roommate, Lara, has the hots for Victor as well. Paul Denton, who used to date Lauren, is openly bisexual and attracted to Mitchell Allen, who's dating Candice to prove to Paul that he's not gay. Sean loves Lauren. Paul loves Sean. And Lauren may love Sean.
Cast & Characters
James Van Der Beek as Sean Bateman;
Shannyn Sossamon as Lauren Hynde;
Jessica Biel as Lara;
Kip Pardue as Victor;
Kate Bosworth as Kelly;
Ian Somerhalder as Paul Denton;
Joel Michaely as Raymond;
Jay Baruchel as Harry;
Thomas Ian Nicholas as Mitchell;
Clifton Collins Jr. as Rupert;
Clare Kramer as Candice;
Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Denton;
Swoosie Kurtz as Mrs. Jared;
Russell Sams as Richard;
Colin Bain as Donald