title: LESS THAN ZEROyear: 1988
cast: Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr., Jami Gertz, James Spader, Michael Bowen
rating: ***
For anyone who's read the novel by Bret Easton Ellis (wherein the title isn't a message) this is a pretty big disappointment. But as an MTV-era anti-drug flick it's not bad thanks to Robert Downey Jr. as the only character who matters, a coke addicted sheister in way over his head: owning fifty grand to a dealer (James Spader) and constantly rescued by his friends: Andrew McCarthy who, as Downey's estranged buddy returning from college, provides an ambiguous perspective to the party-life; and Jami Gertz as their beautiful lass, a model who snorts coke but is a nun compared to Downey. The pros are anything concerning RDJ's downfall; the cons are windswept sex scenes between McCarthy and Gertz that seem out of a Madonna video.
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