Review of Rules Don't Apply (2016) by Ken G — 06 Dec 2016
RULES DON't APPLY: (B).
Wow, though much better than expected... I'm not sure the world is ready or eager for a movie about another eccentric millionaire (is there any other kind?); that said, there's an intelligence to Warren Beatty's performance and direction. And though this movie effectively aims to fill in some big blanks about Howard Hughes, it's ultimately stolen by young Lilly Collins as Marla Mabrey (in the way Mabrey stole Hughes' heart, too?).
Viewers will be distracted by how many buttons this movie pushes in the here and now... but 'that was then...' even if frikkin Steve Munchkin or Mnuchin actually plays himself in this movie (w/o speaking) in a highly distracting cameo. Had I known, I might have blown this one off, but I'm glad I didn't... since Alec Baldwin shows up too! (As do more than a few far more significant cameos).
This review of Rules Don't Apply (2016) was written by Ken G on 06 Dec 2016.
Rules Don't Apply has generally received mixed reviews.
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