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Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Less Than Zero |
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(Based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis) Clay Easton (McCarthy) is an 18 year old freshman who comes back home from his first semester at a New Hampshire college to spend his Christmas vacation with his wealthy but emotionally distant family in Los Angeles. Once home he meets up with his former girlfriend Blair (Gertz) whom he is still very much in love with. There is some tension between them at first due to the fact that Clay caught Blair in bed with his best friend Julian Wells (Downey Jr.) at Thanksgiving. Blair tells Clay that she's worried about Julian because he is using a lot of cocaine, has become estranged from his father and brother, and owes a lot of money to a drug dealer named Rip (Spader). What follows is parties every night, the reigniting of the flame between Clay and Blair and Clay's attempts to help Julian with his mounting problems. After attempting to reason with Rip and getting nowhere, Clay goes to his father for money in a last ditch effort to rescue Julian.
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Less Than Zero |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- life in drug culture
Druggie/Wino problems?
- drugs
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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