5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Overview
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.6
Overview
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film offers a cynical and observational portrayal of privileged college students' self-destructive lives, focusing on individual moral decay and emotional emptiness rather than promoting a specific political ideology or offering systemic critiques or solutions. Its primary focus is on character and social commentary, rendering it politically neutral.
The movie features a cast that includes some visible diversity but does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps for traditionally white roles. Its narrative critiques the behavior of its characters, many of whom hold traditional identities, but this critique is not explicitly framed as a DEI-driven commentary on those identities.
Secondary
The film features prominent gay characters, Paul Denton and Richard, who are depicted within a cynical and nihilistic framework. Paul is manipulative and self-absorbed, while Richard is pathetic and obsessed. The portrayal intertwines LGBTQ+ identity with problematic behaviors and unrequited desires, lacking any affirming or positive representation.
The film includes Lauren Hynde, a trans woman, whose portrayal is problematic. She is depicted as a sex worker, misgendered, and ultimately found dead, with her story lacking dignity or complexity. The narrative uses her identity as a source of exploitation and misery, without offering any affirming or counterbalancing elements.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Rules of Attraction" is an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel. All significant characters in the movie retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The film adapts a novel where character races were not explicitly defined for all roles. No major character canonically established as one race in the source material is portrayed as a different race in the movie adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.2
Critic Ratings
4.5
5.0
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