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Title: Terrible Casting
Review: It's not often that you get to see a film in which everyone is mis-cast, but Rules of Attraction is one of those moments. Sean and Lauren are the worst choices in this one, with Van Der Beak stretching to distance himself from his squeaky clean past, and Lauren just seeming much more weird and aloof than she was in the novel. And don't even get me started on that hatchet job haircut. Biel and the girl who played Lauren should have flip-flopped roles as the Lauren in the novel seemed more akin to her. Paul and Victor are just annoying, the portrayal of the drug dealer is way too overboard, and Fred Savage as the junkie playing the clarinet-I mean c'mon! Scenes added on, like the hotel room dance to George Michael's "Faith," show director Roger Avery's overindulgence. And all those super close-ups....UGGGGGH!!!! Just terrible souless film-making. If I were Bret Easton Ellis I'd be pissed at this hatchet job of a film based on a far superior novel.
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