Andrew McCarthy

Jami Gertz

Robert Downey Jr.

James Spader

Tony Bill

Nicholas Pryor

Donna Mitchell

Michael Bowen

Sarah Buxton

Lisanne Falk

Michael Greene

Neith Hunter

Afton Smith

Brian Wimmer

Kelly Wolf

David Colby

Anthony Kiedis

Flea

Brittain Frye

Jack Irons

Afrika Islam

Kris Jorgenson

Jeannette Kerner

Lee Kissinger

Moya Kordick

Jayne Modean

Jude Mussetter

Jessica Puscas

Jandi Swanson

Eric Walker

Scott Warner

John Yurasek

Robert Dassanowsky

Christopher Maleki

Brad Pitt

Jackie Swanson

Jennifer Wellings

Marek Kanievska

Harley Peyton

Bret Easton Ellis

David Rubin

Thomas Newman

Kurt Neumann

Steve Rice

S. Michael Formica

Bruce Alan Greene

Jon Avnet

Barbara Ling

Peter E. Berger

Gregg Rudloff

Marvin Worth

Edward Lachman

Nancy Nye

Kimberly Harris

Joseph A. Ippolito

Larry Mann

George Watters II

Jordan Kerner

Michael Tronick

John T. Reitz

David E. Campbell

Gary Wright

Noon Orsatti

Gary Hymes

Dea McKibben

Victoria Martin

Lisa Beach

Spike Silver

Danny Lester

Adam Christopher

Janet Brady

Jonathan Sharpe

Ron Woods

Mark Gambino

Joan Hunter

John Richards

R. Scott Doran

Gregory Lundsgaard

Trudy Ramirez

Ron Grunden

David Page

Glenn Berkovitz

George C. Villaseñor

Art Tostado

Tom Elliott

J.N. Roberts

Tim Gilbert

Deborah Love

Erin Ellwood

Gary McLarty

Gilbert B. Combs

Stephen St. John

Michael Gastaldo

Jerry Spicer

Steve M. Davison

Tim A. Davison

Karen Price

Danny Jimenez

Barbara O'Neill

Walt Lloyd

Cosmas A. Demetriou

Sara Markowitz

Denise Horta

Herb Ault

Camille Argus

Lynne White

David Lyons

Taman McCall

Alan Tinkley

James D. Ault

Angelo Di Biase

Mary Nelson-Duerrstein

Lata Ryan

Deborah Figuly

John Clifford

Robin Holding

Daniel F. Finnerty

Robin Citrin

Rick Rubin

Richard Hornung

Margaret Goldsmith

Mark Simon

Kevin E. Patterson

James A. Earley

Michael Danesky

Craig Zisk

John Vigran

Jeff Rafner

Trish Gallaher Glenn

Michael A. McFadden

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Crime

Romance

Less Than Zero

Amercent Films

American Entertainment Partners L.P.

20th Century Fox

United States of America

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RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Marek Kanievska, "Less than Zero" is a drama about a trio of rich 18 year-olds from Los Angeles. After graduation, one goes off to college (Andrew McCarthy), but returns for Christmas break wherein he finds his ex-girlfriend (Jami Gertz) and, especially, his buddy (Robert Downey Jr.) struggling with drug addiction in the Beverly Hills fast lane. James Spader plays a smug high society dealer. 
 
This is the furthest thing from typical 80’s youth flicks, like “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “The Karate Kid,” “Valley Girl,” “Footloose” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” (where there’s, admittedly, a lot of range). “Less than Zero” has the epic, artsy style of Francis Ford Coppola films like “The Outsiders” and “Rumble Fish” (both from 1983) meshed with the chic melancholy of “Poison Ivy” (1992). 

My main issue is that it takes too long to get absorbed into the characters and their story. The filmmaking is gorgeous, however, which is ironic because this is a really downbeat movie. Gertz is fine, but she never did anything for me, while McCarthy is serviceable as the main protagonist, yet rather bland in a goody-goody way. Both Downey Jr. and Spader, however, de-shine in their roles (in a good way). If you favor arty, glum movies you might like this better than me, but it’s nowhere near as effective as “Poison Ivy,” a similar artsy, gloomy flick.         

The movie runs 1 hour 38 minutes and was shot in the Los Angeles area, including Malibu. WRITERS: Bret Easton Ellis (novel) and Harley Peyton (screenplay) 

GRADE: C+

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