Director: Warren Beatty
Writer: Warren Beatty (Screenplay) Bo Goldman (Story)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Taissa Farmiga, Haley Bennett, Paul Sorvino, Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening, Ed Harris
Plot: The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.
Runtime: 2 Hours 7 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Rules Don’t Apply starts by following an ambitious driver Frank Forbes (Ehrenreich) who wants to get close to eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes (Beatty). To discussion a development opportunity. Howard Hughes has been stocking up his movie studio with many beautiful young women. With his latest being Marla Mabrey (Collins) who is fresh to the big city, being shown around by Frank.
As Frank and Marla start getting close, breaking Howard’s rule, Howard continues to battle his own desires to conquer the skies, while others want to bring him down.
Thoughts on Rules Don’t Apply
Thoughts – Rules Don’t Apply is a drama about Hollywood’s yesteryear. Getting to focus on how Howard Hughes ran his movie studio and kept beautiful women around him to keep the appeal of the studio going. There is a romance story going on here between a driver and aspiring actress, each with a connection to Howard Hughes. This isn’t the most interesting movie, as none of the major factors get enough time to shine, leaving us feeling flat with each side story. Which will leave things feeling missing. The performances in the film are fine, everything does fit their characters well without going down the road of being breath taking when it could come to seeing the people they are playing.
Final Thoughts – Rules Don’t Apply is a Hollywood stardom based movie that lacks direction.
