2002 has been a slow year for movies, at least for me, and "The Rules Of Attraction" shines with brilliance in this mediocre year.
The Plot: College kids: get drunk, party, screw, get high, screw some more, party some more and don't go to class.
This may not sound like much, but director Roger Avary has injected such life into it that the film flat-out sparkles. The camera work, the music, the acting (Shannyn Sossamon is the stand-out here with a delicate, great performance), EVERYTHING all fits together so nicely it is nothing short of invigorating. The film also, thank God, isn't pretensious or boring. It is a faithful adaptation of the book (right down to the mid-sentence ending) and Avary deserves endless praise for this underrrated, underacheiving (only 2.5 million opening weekend, ouch) film. Viewers have been rather love-it/hate-it with this movie and, again, the film deserves praise for invoking such strong feelings.
A great, funny, depressing, colorful, electrifying film. It is already one of my personal favorites. *****9/10*****
The Plot: College kids: get drunk, party, screw, get high, screw some more, party some more and don't go to class.
This may not sound like much, but director Roger Avary has injected such life into it that the film flat-out sparkles. The camera work, the music, the acting (Shannyn Sossamon is the stand-out here with a delicate, great performance), EVERYTHING all fits together so nicely it is nothing short of invigorating. The film also, thank God, isn't pretensious or boring. It is a faithful adaptation of the book (right down to the mid-sentence ending) and Avary deserves endless praise for this underrrated, underacheiving (only 2.5 million opening weekend, ouch) film. Viewers have been rather love-it/hate-it with this movie and, again, the film deserves praise for invoking such strong feelings.
A great, funny, depressing, colorful, electrifying film. It is already one of my personal favorites. *****9/10*****