The Rules Of Attraction (2002) 6/10

Starring : James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Kip Pardue, Jessica Biel, Ian Somerhalder
Director : Roger Avary
Running Time : 107 mins

Sean Bateman (Van Der Beek) is a selfish man living in a selfish world, where he passes his time dealing drugs at college and generally using people, particularly women. When he meets Lauren Hynde (Sossamon), a fellow alumnus who is saving herself for her boyfriend who is off travelling, Bateman decides to make it his duty to make her his.

This is an interesting, albeit disturbing movie, with little or no redeeming qualities in any of its characters. With a lead character who is the brother of Patrick Bateman, the killer from American Psycho, it’s understandable that this is such a strange tale, which can prove entertaining if you allow it flow over you and forget how hateful the characters are.

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