Less Than Zero 1987 123movies

Watch: Less Than Zero 1987 123movies, Full Movie Online – Clay, an eighteen-year-old freshman, comes back from his first term at Princeton to spend his Christmas vacation with his broken-up wealthy family in Los Angeles. His former girlfriend, Blair, is now involved with his ex-best-friend, Julian. She warns Clay that Julian needs help: he is using a lot of cocaine and has huge debts. What follows is a look at the youth culture of wealthy post adolescents in Beverly Hills with a strong anti-drug message. Apart from the setting and the names, the film has very little to do with Bret Easton Ellis’s book by the same title on which it was based..
Plot: A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend’s request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
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Ratings:

	6.4/10 Votes: 20,622
	50% | RottenTomatoes
	48/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 244 Popularity: 9.144 | TMDB

Reviews:

Not the Ellis Classic
A college freshman (Andrew McCarthy) returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend (Jami Gertz)’s request, but discovers that his former best friend (Robert Downey) has an out-of-control drug habit.

Writer Bret Easton Ellis hated the film initially but his view of it later softened. He insists that the film bears no resemblance to his novel and felt that it was miscast with the exceptions of Downey and James Spader. There really is no argument that Downey as a drug addict was a great piece of casting and this film somewhat foreshadows his downfall in the late 1980s / early 1990s.

Hearing the production stories, it’s interesting the film was pulled off at all. New scenes had to be shot, some scenes were cut. It seems like the crew was switched out part-way through. The finished product is far from a masterpiece, but it is still a good film, and has an even better pedigree now (2017) given the success of its main actors.

Not a bad late 80’s drama, with Downey at his most downest
Less Than Zero almost seems like a film that came too late, if only for a couple of years earlier, during the Brat Pack era. While it isn’t John Hughes, it’s an interesting drama thanks to it’s performances, especially Downey’s, this role hitting a bit too close to home, and James Spader, as an oily drug supplier, while McCarthy basically just has to look sharp, smile and not say much, while I almost don’t know what Gertz has to do, but just look independent. When graduating at the start, McCarthy had gone away for a while, and now he’s back, only to find friend, Julian (Downey) at his worst with his drug habit, spiralling into a darker hell as referred to the movie’s title, while Gertz is overly concerned. All three are from privileged families, Downey’s father disowning him cause of his addiction. Downey shows some powerfully acted moments, too convincing you might say, like when he’s really strung out, his supplier Spader, a really bad influence, ha ha, (different Spader movie reference) acting as a kind of pimp, when funds are short or due, making him do some weird stuff. Less Than Zero is a flashy energetic drama, all the more conflict driven, in Downey’s character refusing to be helped. Based on Brett E Ellis, novel, Gertz uses the same line regarding snorting coke, as Jessica Biel does in 2003’s Rules Of Attraction, based on another novel by Ellis. The film does have some messy areas, and it’s ending, tragic for one, is thought provoking, but if you want John Hughes, go somewhere else.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min)
Budget 8000000
Revenue 12396383
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Marek Kanievska
Writer Bret Easton Ellis, Harley Peyton
Actors Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr.
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm