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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
If you undertake this movie, don't judge it as it goes along. That won't work. It's a film that demands to be seen its entirety before its impact can be felt. Sad, shattering, and unpleasant, it's too vital a work to be ignored....read the complete Rules of Attraction, The (2002) review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The cast is a pitch-perfect assemblage of pretty young things, but James Van Der Beek, as a slit-eyed dorm stud, proves that he can be an actor of cruel force....read the complete Rules of Attraction, The (2002) review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
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ComingSoon.net (Andy Weil)
I didn't love the movie because the characters are such horrible people, but it led to some intriguing after-movie discussion between my group of friends....read the complete Rules of Attraction, The (2002) review at ComingSoon.net (Andy Weil)
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Los Angeles Times
Most of the characters are one-dimensional, and Avary's over-the-top directing doesn't make them interesting for more than a few isolated moments....read the complete Rules of Attraction, The (2002) review at Los Angeles Times
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Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
So detestable you must watch it just to see how one filmmaker can fail on every level....read the complete Rules of Attraction, The (2002) review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
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Rules of Attraction, The (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Rules of Attraction, The (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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