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Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply (2016)

November. 23,2016
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5.7
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PG-13
| Drama Comedy Romance

It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.

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SoTrumpBelieve
2016/11/23

Must See Movie...

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Phonearl
2016/11/24

Good start, but then it gets ruined

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MusicChat
2016/11/25

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

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AshUnow
2016/11/26

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Unknownian
2016/11/27

All the actors, except Warren Beatty were excellent in their roles, especially Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, and Mathew Broderick. Warren's performance was by far the worst Howard Hughes portrayal in the history of actors portraying Howard Hughes. He had no chance to compete with the likes of Tommy Lee Jones, and Leonardo DiCaprio, and he is way to old to play the young Hughes as well as the old Hughes. We ended up with Warren being Warren. Not Warren being Howard Hughes.Perhaps Warren felt he had made a mistake in the 70s when he turned down the role of Hughes, and it ended up going to Tommy Lee Jones, which made Jones' career. However, he waited too many years for the inspiration to write himself into a Howard Hughes screenplay as Howard Hughes.Also, (and most importantly) why write a "fictional" story about a man whose real life adventures are so much more interesting and complex then this convoluted drek we are given in this disaster of a screenplay? The entire effort was wasted, and sadly, there are many younger viewers unaware about Howard Hughes' life, that will interpret this nonsense as a biography of the man.The movie might have worked a little better if the story centered around Collin's and Ehrenreich's characters, and Hughes was just in the background. However, no matter how Beatty wants to market or advertise this mess, make no mistake, it's all about Howard Hughes, and Warren's poor and fictional portrayal of him.

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fatimah-52797
2016/11/28

I thought this was a find in red box IT Wasn't! THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I RENT anything FROM REDBOX. Redbox seems to only put in bad movies they really got me though with the name Howard Hughes and the retro charm yeah that's it t was corny to a T. stupid and ridiculous! i couldn't watch it past 20 minuets it was so corny everything about this movie was predictable. We can already tell what happens at the end. The main character in this movie obviously doesn't care about his job. Oh yes and it was stereotypical all people from the 1960's were not a cookie cutter same way women cant do this non sense if it were true none of us would be here. either someone told the story bad or they writers are really stupid.

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gradyharp
2016/11/29

Warren Beatty wrote the screenplay for his own story (with Bo Goldman), stars in and directs this parody of the life of the very strange and very successful Howard Hughes. Though pieced together like a changing puzzle the film works, largely to a fine starring role for Beatty and a supporting cast that is up to his caliber.As the official synopsis states, 'An aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) and her ambitious young driver (Alden Ehrenreich) struggle hopefully with the absurd eccentricities of the wildly unpredictable billionaire, Howard Hughes, (Warren Beatty) for whom they work. It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen, songwriter, and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey (Collins), under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes (Beatty), arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes (Ehrenreich), who is engaged to be married to his 7th grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' #1 rule: no employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.'Add to this a kaleidoscope of famous actors in secondary as well as bit roles – Matthew Broderick, Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, Annette Benning, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Oliver Platt, Alec Baldwin, Dabney Coleman, and more – and the film becomes a play about Hollywood – in a good way. Not a great movie but an entertaining one.

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Reno Rangan
2016/11/30

I kind of felt deja vu. I don't remember the title, but it was similar to this from the recent time, where it revolves around a taxi driver and a woman who wanted to be an actress. In this the distinct feature was the Beatty's role. After returning from the retirement, he's in business now. Directing it, as well as in one of the prominent characters. An 80 years old and still has left lots of spark in him. It was really a great comeback, yet the film is not fully convincing. Even though an enjoyable one, particularly for the awesome performances by all.The film was about Howard Hughes, but I don't know whether it is a biopic or just inspired by. Anyway, it was in the backdrop of Hollywood film industry. The story takes place between three characters, including a driver, film director and a wanted to be an actress. Triangular romance, but not exactly a romance film. Everything was drama, on the struggles between their professions. Often the narration jumps off to Hughes other business affairs. Overall, it comes back to the original path and takes us to the conclusion.A very slow screenplay. I'm used to such kind of narration, so I did not find any hard to finish it off. But it won't be same for others, especially if you are not interested in what the film plot deals with. And it is over two hours long. It covered everything it wanted to tell us. They should have avoided them, to make the film a bit quick which would have worked in its favour. Beatty is a very conscious man. Look at the Oscars, he knew the error, but while having a doubt, his partner hurried and announced the winner. I hope he makes another film very soon and stun everybody who criticised this one.5/10

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