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The Rules of Attraction | 114911__rules_of_attraction_l
TWIST AND SHOUT Clifton Collins Jr. and Van Der Beek bend ''The Rules''
The Rules of Attraction: Lynn Alston

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Release Date: Oct 11, 2002; Rated: R; Video Release Date: Feb 18, 2003; Genre: Drama; With: Ian Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon and James Van Der Beek; Distributor: Lions Gate Films

Based on another of Bret Easton Ellis' misspent-youth novels, The Rules of Attraction follows a shallow drug-dealing student (James Van Der Beek), a cocaine-snorting nympho (Jessica Biel), and a host of befuddled coed cohorts into a twisted love triangle. But a racy satire of the dramatic minisocieties in a college wasteland gets lost in writer-director Roger Avary's drug-induced haze, graphic exploits, and useless rapid-rewind flashbacks. The high point: watching a predatory himbo (Ian Somerhalder) reconnect with his inner Wham!, prancing in his undies to George Michael's ''Faith.'' And that's not saying much.


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