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Less Than Zero Reviews
Visually hip, downright stunning cinematography, by far the strongest point of film. Moreover, the film does a great job of conveying the excess of the 1980s party lifestyle a common theme of the author. I am a big Brett Easton Ellis fan and had read the book. This movie is not even close to the darkness or storylines of the book. Downey and Spader carry their roles well. Where the film goes wrong is the casting of McCarthy and Gertz as Clay and Blair. Neither possessed the charisma or acting chops needed here. I also think many storylines of the book should have been included
I never thought I would say this, but read Roger Ebert's review of Less Than Zero. At a time when every critic in town was bashing that movie, he saw it in a context that would take many- including Brett Easton Ellis, years to come around to.
With a soundtrack better than other 80's flicks, this was not as much 80's cringe and cheese as I was expecting. Decent film about addiction that isn't candy coated, has some hard hitting messages despite feeling rushed at times.
One of the bests performances of Robert, Completely destructive if you associate the life of the character with the life of the actor at the time, great to know that he managed to recover from all addiction and today is about to win an Oscar for his work in Oppenheimer
Great soundtrack, excellent cast and a decent story.
I was 14 when this movie came out. I probably watched it and didn't get it. So I watched it again last night. McCarthy's performance is borderline mentally absent. I didn't realize how much he struggles with playing anything other than a rich love interest with almost no personality. I get why they gave the characters slightly better character. Because in the book they're self entitled narcissistic turds. Spader is the only realistic character, and Downey Jr portrays addiction well enough, probably due to his own issues IRL. But McCarthy man. It must be hard to act with him. He has like 2 facial expressions: constipated and surprised he's constipated. Which pains me to say because I had such a crush on him. And the script is typical 80's: jumping headfirst into this fantastical scenario and filming their (I guess you could call them) reactions and behaviors that have no context to who they are, so it just all seems so... unrelatable, on any level. Less than 6 months and his two best friends sleep with each other and develop cocaine addiction... seriously? and he returns, like a robot, (true to the story's character I suppose- an unempathetic entitled rich kid) to have a lot of unnecessary sex scenes, exist in a periphery of fashion victims at excessive artsy fartsy parties and engage in conversations between 20-somethings that don't exist IRL... none of which further the story, (just how the 80's producers sold their YA movies to the wishful civilians) and feel so Hollywood, it's like Hollywood believes their own fantasy. A writer didn't write this script. The addiction element is the only validation this movie offers, which is to be expected in the Nancy Reagan era. A tiny fleck of homophobia is a notable twist - as well as a weird almost menage á trois feeling only a male script writer would enjoy 🙄. The "sensuality" was forced and didn't belong. This movie is good for one thing: nostalgia. And Spader. He always delivers.
We are supposed to believe these 3 lives have changed this much in the 6 months since graduation. Julien has opened and lost a club, been to rehab and burned every bridge. He and Blair fell into bed awfully quick because of their shared loss of Clay, who didnt even leave for college until September. Clay comes home at Thanksgiving to find them in bed together, and by Christmas 3 weeks later is ready to forgive and forget. Nevermind the unrealistic timeline, no parent would give that much money and responsibility to an 18 year old kid fresh out of high school.
robert downey jr gives a great performance. sad movie about drugs. good soundtrack.
The story isn't much and there is little reason to care.
This film is nowhere near as good as the novel it's based on, a decadent, laconic chronicle of depressed, partying, spoiled Los Angeles teenagers. That said, the film, which almost has a completely different story but does go with the same atmosphere, similar characters, and identical setting, is still quite good. The endless partying is pretty aesthetically pleasing and the aimless meandering without a plot does maintain the viewer's interest. It's stylish and of the moment, the moment being 1987. It's a nostalgic time capsule with a great soundtrack, beautiful actors, daring fashion, and colours that pop. I see it as the template for ‘Laguna Beach' and ‘The Hills'.
A melodramatic teen movie that shines the light on drug abuse and the effect it has on family and friendship. The production and style of the film is well done along with the soundtrack.
I can't say this is exactly a good movie. However, if you've ever had any curiosity or intentions on ever starting to use cocaine, please watch this movie. It will give you everything you need to know, trust me. And for that reason, I absolutely LOVE this movie!
Another great movie that the so called pro reviewers whiffed on. One of the best movies about drug abuse ever made.. Downey in a Oscar worthy performance..
Sad ending, but the performances and the music in this movie are amazing, very good movie. RDJ’s performance is flawless.
OMG so much drama I overdosed half way through
It was a good movie. I got bored at some points and the movie was pretty sad especially at the end. *Spoilers Below**** Why the f*ck did they do nothing at the end. He was pretty freshly dead they could have at least tried CPR. But no the girl was just crying, like b*tch do something.
Classic RDjr and Spader as the Grimy drug dealer!! 80s classic!!
The best movie song ever sung: A Hazy Shade of Winter!