The Rules of Attraction is a fucked up movie.

I guess Ebert put it best when he said this "is a skillfully made movie about reprehensible people." It really is skillful. There are some great shots, including several very intruiging ones where they play the film backwards. Also in the vain of Pulp Fiction they jump all over in the timeline and it's really hard to figure out what is actually going on. And my favorite was the excellent music, including wonderful use of some classic 80's songs.

But all this art and skill are used to tell a story that is, well, fucked up. Imagine MTV's Undressed on a major bender. If you understand that reference you know what you're getting into. If you don't understand that reference you probably should stay away from this one.

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