Review of The Rules of Attraction (2002) by Zane U — 09 Aug 2009
This movie was twisted in a personal and depressing way. I disagreed with all of the decisions that the characters made but tethered my feelings to the fact that I have seen these kinds of people downtown (albeit in varying degrees of extreme-ness) on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (and Sunday, Monday, etc.
) nights, fueled by their sex drive with no thought of the emotional damage that their empty lives are doing on themselves and others. I guess, in that way, the characters in Rules of Attraction are just plain pathetic.
Luckily, the movie leaves a distance suggesting viewer superiority that makes their f--- ups seem almost humorous. Without that, this would be 100% depressing, rather than the 80% that it musters up. A thumbs up for committing to an interesting visual style rather than merely calling upon it once or twice.
This review of The Rules of Attraction (2002) was written by Zane U on 09 Aug 2009.
The Rules of Attraction has generally received mixed reviews.
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