Rules Don't Apply is the return of Warren Beatty in terms of both in front of and behind the camera and is based off of the life of Howard Hughes the eccentric billionaire who slowly retreated more and more into seclusion but another tale being told here is that of an aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) and a young man who becomes one of Hughes's aides (Alden Ehrenrich)
This movie was just awful to sit through I mean it really really was and frankly I will be stunned if I see a worse movie than this one this year for these reasons:
- Firstly the script for this movie written by Beatty himself is a mess and literally this story is all over the place in terms of both the story of Hughes plus the story of these 2 young people who come to know him neither one of these is given anytime to develop in a meaningful way and the construction of this script is so god damned hap hazard you don't really get the chance to see any cohesion between the 2 plot lines.
- Secondly the performances in this movie are flat as all hell and this has a wonderful cast of actors Beatty's wife Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin, Oliver Platt, Matthew Broderick, Martin Sheen, Steve Coogan plus Collins and Ehrenrich and all of them are flat and it's because not one of them is given any meaningful screen time to develop their characters and find their performances which you would think Beatty who has gotten great performances from actors in the past (AL PACINO IN DICK TRACY IS A STANDOUT HERE!!!!) would know that but it seems that he has been away for so long that he's forgotten this.
- And that brings me to my last point and that is Beatty's work on this movie and his direction feels completely and utterly lifeless none of the scenes feel like they come to life unless there's a vintage song from the soundtrack playing under it and the editing of the scenes feels very haphazard and when you have other actor/directors like Clint Eastwood one of Beatty's contemporaries still putting out big hits like American Sniper and Sully plus someone like Ben Affleck who has shown time and time again that he has total command of his medium and inspires everyone around him to give it everything they have this is quite frankly not good enough.
And even thinking about this has me stunned because this man made Dick Tracy in 1990 a film I feel is a little underrated this was a film that created a complete world of its own it has makeup work that is wonderful to look at and watch plus it has exciting songs and action and performances and Beatty was on top of his game but here it's like watching a great man fall from grace and turn into a senile old man and given his status as a legend he deserved to go out on top.
And so that was Rules Don't Apply and if you are a fan of Warren Beatty I cannot in any way recommend this movie as it is not good at all and I hate saying this as I am a fan of his but I have to and if you want a great film about Howard Hughes watch Martin Scorsese's the Aviator, 1 out of 5.
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