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The Rules of Attraction

We all run on instinct

2002 · 1h 50m · R Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Roger Avary

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Overview

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.

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All reviews
45%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Actually I quite enjoyed the movie--but how do I get rid of this awful discharge?

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten

The leads and their accomplices look dead glam, but it's never clear whether their vacuity is a deliberate strategy. Certainly Avary's style seems all for instant gratification.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

Ellis' satire, filtered through Avary's harsh lens, is hard to stomach, harder to ignore.

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten

The nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome, with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations.

Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rotten

The bulk of Rules comes off like a cool-hand poser's at the wheel.

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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