The Rules of Attraction is a mind-blowingly fun comedy about young college students that apparently have nothing better to do...

| Nov 2, 2022

A wild, speedy tale of college and debauchery (20th anniversary)

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 14, 2022

Taking off from Ellis’ monotone, Avary spreads his wings and sings.

| Original Score: A+ | Sep 17, 2022

Shannyn Sossamon is excellent as the girl, Ian Somerhalder is just shockingly good...

| Mar 27, 2021

This is an exercise that is in love with its own superficiality, delighted with an emptiness that was all it ever aspired to, and yet it manages to turn into a better movie than it has any right to be.

| Jan 3, 2018

Not for kids, and not for many adults, either.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 29, 2010

Will either fascinate or infuriate you, sometimes within the same moment--and it's difficult imagining the film working any better if it did not.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 30, 2008

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Oct 18, 2008

When a movie is described by some critics as morally repellent and by others as innovative and brilliant, it means at the very least that it's controversial and touching a nerve in the collective consciousness.

| Original Score: B | Sep 25, 2008

Actually I quite enjoyed the movie--but how do I get rid of this awful discharge?

| Feb 11, 2008

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 1, 2006

The leads and their accomplices look dead glam, but it's never clear whether their vacuity is a deliberate strategy. Certainly Avary's style seems all for instant gratification.

| Jun 24, 2006

Un film corrosif mettant sans dessus dessous tous les points qu'il aborde.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 23, 2006

Maybe it's writer/director Roger Avary's approach. He has taken the source material too seriously, and presented it almost at face value.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

It(TM)s comedy with consequence, shenanigans rooted in an ugly reality.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Atuaes surpreendemente eficazes, uma trilha sonora espetacular, um roteiro inteligente e cido e a direo intensa de Avary criam um filme absolutamente imperdvel.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 16, 2004

Avary's style is sure to turn off many viewers, while others will find his inventive filmmaking exhilarating.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 6, 2004

The opening moments culminate with a drunken date rape during which the rapist vomits on the back of his victim. It doesn't really improve from there.

| Original Score: 38/100 | Sep 7, 2003

It's an outstanding film, clearly stamped with some bravura filmmaking techniques, an impeccable soundtrack and a stereotype-shattering performance from James Van Der Beek.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 26, 2003

Not a bath, after sitting through this hyperactive mess of a movie I'm not sure I'll ever be able to take a bath again, but getting clean will definitely still be a priority.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 19, 2003