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Less Than Zero [1987]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5039036013987
Label : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publisher : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date : 2003-08-25
Title : Less Than Zero [1987]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 18 years and over
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1987-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 94
Studio : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical releaseDate : 1987-11-06
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Less Than Zero is adapted from the dreary, pointless late-80s novel by literary poseur Bret Easton Ellis, which focused on listless, shiftless, drug-sniffing, sex-swapping, dead-end California teens with too much money and time on their hands--though the movie is not nearly as interesting as that. This is mostly due to the ridiculously cleaned-up script and lifeless direction, which whitewashes the baser depravity and replaces it with perversion-lite and fashion shows. It doesn't help that director Marek Kanievska is saddled with Brat Pack lesser (make that least) lights Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz. The only things that lift this film above the muck are the performances by James Spader as a particularly heinous drug dealer and Robert Downey Jr as a rich-kid addict with no self-control. --Marshall Fine

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-06-20 rating:

Horribly Realistic
I only saw this film the other day so watching it out of era context may have been strange but actually, no, it is still very relevant. The excellent acting of RDJ and James Spader made for uncomfortable watching, especially knowing now what was to come for RDJ in his personal life. The relationships between the three main characters was also well portrayed.

review by: the_one_and_only_psycho date: 2008-06-18 rating:

Not a brilliant film...
I haven't read the book so I won't pretend to understand that aspect. However, the film itself is not amazing - it's style is very 1980s. The one thing that does shine, however, is Robert Downey Jr's performance. Perhaps it is haunting because of his future indescretions. But never the less it is a great performance. A must for Downey fans.

review by: date: 2008-03-10 rating:

Genuine 80s
I felt the young cast was actually not badly chosen, Andrew McCarthy as the college boy possibly following his families footsteps, Jamie Gertz portraying an insecure girl and Robert Downey Jr as a guy who went on the wrong path going downhill by the minute. The vulnerability is genuine and for example with their (especially rich) parents being either widowed or divorced or else, it is believable how these kids develop post school.
I liked the film, but I can imagine a bigger potential with the book. Though Downey and Spader are definitely worth watching.

However there were two things bugging me about the film.
After 5 minutes plot the film moves on "6 months later", which I find given the circumstances and story unrealistic. These rather dramatic developments are unrealistic to happen only '6' months after graduation, it should have been a year to make a difference. A few months is just so naff, sorry. So I watched the film a second time, just pretending to myself it would be a year later, and things made more sense.
Secondly the party/clubbing scenes - were the dancing people out of rhythm, was the post-dubbing just bad or what was going on? And why would one hear tapping dancing feet? Any club would have played loud music so one could not really get this sound effect. This really distracted me and just did not convince me.

review by: Ladyjenvieve date: 2008-02-29 rating:

Nothing like the book
I adore the book of this film, It opened my eyes to a new way of writing, and a culture i didn't know of.
The book draws you in, the film quite frankly is rubbish. It shows all the bad aspects of the book with out the depth of emotion and logic behind it. Even the actors were poorly casted. The book is filled with beautiful people, and there's repeated descriptions of how almost everyone is blonde and tanned.If you love the book don't buy the film, theres no relation to the repeated phrases in the book like " i wonder if he's for sale" or "disappear here."
Even the film itself, purely as a film is rubbish.
just don't waste your money. buy requiem for a dream instead.

review by: Big Al date: 2008-02-07 rating:

Brett Easton Ellis based flick
Brett Easton Ellis based flick about LA rich kids with Andrew McCarthy trying to save Robert Downey Jnr from a monstrous coke habit.

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