Less Than Zero
First screened in September 1999 / Most recently screened in August 2025
Director: Marek Kanievska. Cast: Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Tony Bill, Donna Mitchell, Michael Greene, Nicholas Pryor, Michael Bowen. Screenplay: Harley Peyton (based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis).
In Brief:
McCarthy's dull lead is wrong way in, but uneven film captures emotional spectrum of trying to save the unsaveable.
VOR:③
Addiction stories are legion, but this one pinpoints an exact time/place of rampant addiction(s) and a particular strain of codependency. Plus, Lachman!
