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An incisive perspective on the demise of romance and dating in college culture, with a deep dive into how that affects privileged kids at a liberal arts college. The Rules of Attraction is an insightful social commentary on the death of romance and mocks pretentious, self-absorbed, wealthy students who are too vapid and devoid of any meaning/anything worth caring about in their college lives. The dark humor is solid and the three lead performances (James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, and Ian Somerhalder) are fantastic! And the eclectic music selection really heightens the atmosphere, emotions (or lack of) in each scene. Side note: the Richard "Dick" scenes are a laugh riot.This film earns its cult following. The Rules of Attraction is worth a watch or occasional repeat viewings.

100% Bret Easton Ellis. One of the few films made by Roger Avery, 1/2 of the creative genius behind Pulp Fiction. You'd expect this to be a marriage of the two. It has a tremendous amount in common with A Clockwork Orange in terms of editing and character development. Also, if the psychotic nature of the main character Sean gave you flashbacks to American Psycho, that's because he actually is supposed to be Patrick Bateman's younger brother. This is a film about sex that is empty, cynical and depraved. However, with BEE, you get what you signed up for. Go for the ride, if you can handle it.Sidenote: The Rules of Attraction contains the best vacation montage ever in a movie.

This movie tries hard to be funky, cute, trendy, with it ( even using time shifting a la Memento), but never goes anywere. Beware the plot summary. There is not really a love triangle. More of a love muddle. The script stank. The acting is worse. I never liked, or cared for any of the characters. The extensive use of narration and voiceovers is a good cluethat the director ( also credited with the script) never conquered the problems of the overlapping plots. I think he watched Pulp Fiction one too many times. I was left with no clue what message he intended to give the viewer. was there a point to the movie? If so, I missed it. And I was looking.