Further proving that so-so books often make better movies than good ones, writer-director Roger Avary pulls Bret Easton Ellis's second novel out of its sophomore slump and delivers a technically deft, sometimes bitterly funny look at sex, drugs and "faggy synth-pop" at a small New England college. The center attraction is Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek), a bed-hopping, drug-dealing senior at Camden College who owes quite a bit of money to a coke-crazed townie (Clifton Collins Jr.). Sean's been receiving anonymous mash notes from a secret admirer he suspects is Lauren Hynde (Shannyn Sossamon), a skateboarding coed who's somehow made it to college with her virginity ...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
110 mins