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Release Date: 2002 Cast: Joel Michaely, Eric Stoltz, Paul Williams, James Van Der Beek, Clare Kramer, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, Shannyn Sossamon, Fred Savage, Swoosie Kurtz, Jay Baruchel, Faye Dunaway ...MORE
Cast: Joel Michaely, Eric Stoltz, Paul Williams, James Van Der Beek, Clare Kramer, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, Shannyn Sossamon, Fred Savage, Swoosie Kurtz, Jay Baruchel, Faye Dunaway, Clifton Collins, Jr., Thomas Ian Nicholas, Kate Bosworth ...LESS
Categories: Movies, LGBT, Romantic comedy, Indie, Comedy-drama, Comedy, Satire, Thriller, Film adaptation, Black comedy, Romance Film The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 satirical dark comedy film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. It stars James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, and Kip Pardue.
The film takes place at the fictional Camden College, a liberal arts school in northeastern New Hampshire. The opening sequence introduces the three main characters - Lauren Hynde (Shannyn Sossamon), Paul Denton (Ian Somerhalder), and Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek), in turn. They are three college students at an "End of the World" party, and although... MORE
The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 satirical dark comedy film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. It stars James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, and Kip Pardue.
The film takes place at the fictional Camden College, a liberal arts school in northeastern New Hampshire. The opening sequence introduces the three main characters - Lauren Hynde (Shannyn Sossamon), Paul Denton (Ian Somerhalder), and Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek), in turn. They are three college students at an "End of the World" party, and although they don't interact at the party, they share a certain apathetic perspective. Lauren, previously a virgin, is raped by a townie while being filmed by a film student; the humiliation culminates with the rapist vomiting on her back.
Paul is bashed by a deeply closeted jock whom he attempted to seduce, and Sean fails to recall the last time he had sex sober. After the introduction of each character, time moves backwards until we meet the next character. The story develops into a love triangle, where the main characters fall for one another but their love is never returned, leading to disastrous LESS
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