The Rules of Attraction (2002)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Oct 11, 2002
Running Time: 110 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Roger Avary
synopsis
During a semester at New England's exclusive and ultra-expensive Camden College, a sexual triangle emerges between Sean Bateman, the all-American looking guy who deals drugs on the side, Paul Owen, who's bisexual, and Paul's ex-girlfriend, Lauren. Sean grows obsessed with the pure Lauren because he thinks she's passing him passionate, anonymous love notes. At the same time, Paul keeps trying to get Sean into bed, while Lauren pines for Victor, who she believes is her dream man despite the fact he is studying abroad in Europe.
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rating October 8, 2002
This may be the most despairing college sex comedy ever, which is apt since director Roger Avary is adapting the 1987 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, who is (thankfully) not an American Pie kind of guy.

James Van Der Beek kills off wimpy Dawson as Sean Bateman (brother of Ellis' American Psycho), a dealer looking for any orifice where "I can stick my half-aroused animal member." Ian Somerhalder is Paul Denton, gay and looking to do Sean. Shannyn Sossamon is Lauren, a virgin who gets gangbanged. And… Continued

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This wry collegiate comedy scratches the dark underbelly of human desires.

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Novelist Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) once again probes the dark side with this look at a group of spoiled college brats at Camden College. The adaptation of his novel focuses on the parties (''The End of the World Party,'' the ''Pre-Saturday Night Party,'' the ''Dress To Get Laid Party'') and, following logically from there, the ubiquitous hookups, heavy petting and, yes, even rape--in this case of the… Continued

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rating February 25, 2003
A perverse and sickly delightful treat. Set at a small liberal-arts college, Roger Avary's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' second novel ruthlessly examines the vampire lives of a bunch of spoiled and unhappy hedonists. Young, beautiful and hopeless, Avary's characters fuck everyone except the person they want and feel little but their own animal urges. (Not only do you see leading man James Van Der Beek jerk off, you also get to watch him take a long, sweet crap.) And when love does rear its… Continued
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