IT SUCKS COOOOOOOOOOOOOCK

This fucking film. This film is the most perfect representation of a Bret Easton Ellis book, the style is uncanny. It is disjointed, it is meandering and there are no good people, but that's fine.

This film brought Shannyn Sossamon to my attention (she's never far from it now), it had Ian Sommerholder before he was EVERYWHERE with his creepy eyes, tiny Jay Baruchel, James Van Der Beek's best acting role (it really opened my eyes and taught me to not be judgemental just because someones been in something corny).

The camerawork is excellent and experimental, the split screens the jumps in time the backwards work is all flawless and just suits the work to a tee. The dialogue is spot on, just everything man.

Plus you know, TOMANDANDY.

(p.s kip pardue)

A brilliantly made film.

This is probably America's Trainspotting.

Roger Avary shows some very exciting direction. The cast are all excellent and together they bring us a breathtaking story told in breathtaking style.

Around 4am last night Richard & I decided that watching Rules of Attraction would be interesting with the commentary of everyone's least favorite comedian Carrot Top and while what he contributed to the film wasn't interesting, it WAS most certainly, absolutely 100% revolting, but I haven't laughed that much in a long time, sure, the laughing was more to ease some of the uncomfortable & icky feelings associated with picturing Carrot Top salivating over all of the women in the movie & saying things like "Need a computer with a hole in it, glad i'm not the only one masturbating to internet porn," but whatever, I don't know, sometimes you make bad decisions that late at night and sometimes you're too tired to mind.

rules of atraction/don’t trust the b in apartment 23 double feature

Bananaland U

A show-offy film about the emotional lives of privileged brats that leers over their debauchery? I ought to hate this film. Yet somehow I really love it, even a few viewings later. Like the TV series Search Party, also about privileged fuck-ups ruining their lives although otherwise not very similar, it somehow manages to get the balance exactly right between empathising with and mocking its characters.

Very stylish, very nearly to a fault, like almost as if Roger Avrey didnt think he’d get to make another film after (and did he?) so he had to jam pack it with every stylistic flurry he could think up, some of which work better than others, but most of which totally epitomizes and functions as a time capsule for filmmaking in the early oughts. 
Pretty troubling view and portrayal of women—of everyone really—but women in particular are almost parodys of objectified straight men’s desires and gay men’s loathing. 
Vanderbeek and the guy who played Paul were both really good, maybe because they are playing it relatively subdued whereas everyone else is dialed up to an 11.

Patrick Bateman has a brother and he gets his own film written and directed by Roger Avary?!?!

That description is overselling this film which is, for the most part, a typical coming-of-age dramedy that benefits from the Avary spin.

Great characters, some cool camera work for the time and some genuinely funny moments. Other than that, it's pretty average.

Man kann diese tieftraurige Kälte, die jene guten Ellis Romane umgibt und die ab Lunar Park zu Selbstkarikatur wurde einfach nicht filmisch abbilden.
"American Psycho" konnte es nicht, hatte als Trostpflaster aber einen leckeren Cast und einen gnadenlos poppigen 80er Soundtrack anzubieten.
"The Rules of Attraction" bietet mir, so das Dvd Cover, "Hollywoodjungstars wie James van der Beek". Aha. 
Ich verstehe was die Macher mit der 90er TeenRomCom Ästhetik erreichen wollten. Es funktioniert aber nicht so wirklich.
 Am Ende bleibt ein merkwürdiges Stück, welches nichtmal die Schockszenen vernünftig ausgespielt bekommt.

my mind blanked when victor rattled on and on about his vacation

Extra half-star just for Sams' scenes as "Dick."

Goddamn I wish I made this movie. 

One of my all-time favorites now.. and I can’t decide which of Avery’s Batemans I like more

Rewind.