The Rules of Attraction

There sure is a lot more to this film than meets the eye. On the surface it looks like a spin-off/cash-in on the success of the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' AMERICAN PSYCHO with a soon-to-be-All-star cast of up-and-coming new brat packers. Look a bit deeper and you will find a mighty cynical and serious looks of the sex, drugs and rock & roll world of university life. The threat was there for the whole thing to fall flat on it's face were it not for the directing skills of Roger Avery, he who was effectively hidden by Tarantino in RESERVOIRE DOGS and PULP FICTION and stood on his own with the cult classic KILLING ZOE. He also has the distinction of being the only famous person other than Bobby Clarke to come from Flin Flon, Manitoba! As much as this is a signature Ellis style piece I couldn't help but feel I was watchinh an Americanized version of an Irvine Welsh project. THE RULES OF ATTRACTION may seem a littel juvie for the tastes of some but it does provide some good laughs mixed with some serious hurt and tragedy, a combo sure to entertain.