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Less Than Zero | 
| Director: Marek Kanievska
Actors: Andrew Mccarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Tony Bill
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 6726
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 024543025177
UPC: 024543025177
EAN: 0024543025177
ASIN: B00005V9IH
Theatrical Release Date: November 6, 1987
Release Date: March 5, 2002
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Dreary, pointless late-'80s novel by literary poseur Bret Easton Ellis focused on listless, shiftless, drug-sniffing, sex-swapping, dead-end California teens with too much money and time on their hands. Which just about sums up this movie, though it's not nearly as interesting as that. This is mostly due to the ridiculously cleaned-up script and lifeless direction, which whitewashes the baser depravity and replaces it with perversion-lite and fashion shows. It doesn't help that director Marek Kanievska is saddled with Brat Pack lesser (make that least) lights Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz. The only things that lift this film above the muck are the performances by James Spader as a particularly heinous drug dealer and Robert Downey Jr. as a rich-kid addict with no self-control. --Marshall Fine
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 Andy, Jami, and Rob give an outstanding performance! April 12, 2009
Peter Duffy
This is my all time favorite movie! I read the novel by B. Ellis and I myself liked the film better. Some scenes in this really stand out. Andrew and Jami's acting performances make this film real. I am suprised Robert Downey Jr. didn't recieve an award for his outstanding performance. Along with the acting, the soundtrack and direction, the colorful and exciting atmosphere, make this film an 80s classic. Less than Zero DESERVES 5 stars!
 Friendship and hardship January 29, 2009
Reader (Chicago, IL USA)
This is one of those films where one can see young Robert Downey Jr, long before he was famous and just feel it that he has terrific acting career ahead of him. It is sort of sad that some of his personal hardship is almost like an imitation of this film.
It is a story of three young people, two guys and a girl who has known each other their entire life. They went to school together, grew up together and remained attached to each other during those years. Regardless of the fact that they all have rich parents and live in posh California homes; all three of them are lonely, unhappy and emotionally damaged in some way. Their mutual love for each other seems to heal some of those emotional wounds.
I do not want to retell the plot of the film, but it is wonderful and touching. It is a story of the ethernal and true freindship that are so rare they happen only once in a lifetime. It is a story of love that in unconventional and controversial but still true to all involved: participants of this story and the viewers of this film. I loved this movie.
Strikes a long lost cord... January 26, 2009
kimh (detroit, MI)
Don't get or watch this movie if you are looking for an awesome story line. It sucks. I watched it in '88 when I was 13 then just recently on FX. I bought this because we have a spectacular 80's party each year and we need ideas. But I was surprised at how captivated I became when I saw it again. It brought me back to middle school when I longed to be older and cooler doing what cool people did. And this is what they must be doing. I truly felt 13 for a bit when I saw it the second time. Very surreal and very cool feeling! If you are in your mid to late 30s, give this a shot. Again, plot is scarse but the acting is good. It might, for a minute, bring back some buried emotions you haven't felt in a long time.
Less Than Zero January 9, 2009
Kathy A. Christensen
If you were in high school in the 80's you had to have seen this movie! I saw it in the theater 3 times & had to have it for our personal collection. Great movie!
Great title, Great movie. October 2, 2008
Peter Kryvor (Dunmore, PA)
Less Than Zero I've heard of this movie for years & I finally got it! It's a sad & intense tale of someone who "marches to the beat of their own drum" (while strung out on drugs & alcohol) without checking his bearings or vision with others (a.k.a. self-deluded) & ultimately becomes the cause of his own demise. There are enabling individuals who help him on his way too. Strongly reminds me of the "Very Draining People" chapter in the book, "Ordering Your Private World".
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