Rules Don’t Apply (2016)

• Year: 2016
• Released: 23 Nov 2016
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 3 wins & 10 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1974420/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rules_dont_apply
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rules-dont-apply
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 127 min
• Writer: Warren Beatty, Bo Goldman
• Director: Warren Beatty
• Cast: Lily Collins, Haley Bennett, Taissa Farmiga
• Keywords: billionaire, eccentric, driver, howard hughes, christian woman,

	5.7/10
	60/100
	55% – Critics
	33% – Audience

Rules Don’t Apply Storyline

It’s Hollywood, 1958. Aspiring actress, songwriter, small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins) has a contract with movie mogul Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty) and arrives with her mother (Annette Bening) in Los Angeles to do a screen test for one of his film projects. At the airport, they meet their driver Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich). Forbes is an ambitious young man with a business plan and engaged to his 7th grade sweetheart, both deeply religious Methodists. The instant attraction that Marla and Frank feel for each other not only puts their religious convictions and moral values to the test, but also defies Hughes’ #1 rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes’ enigmatic behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in 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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Rules Don’t Apply Movie Reviews

mix of good and not so good

It’s 1958 Hollywood. Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich) is a new driver working for billionaire Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty). He drives around newly arrived virginal actress Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins) and her religious mother Lucy Mabrey (Annette Bening). Marla is one of many young actresses under contract to Hughes. Levar Mathis (Matthew Broderick) is another driver. Nadine Henly (Candice Bergen) is Hughes’ secretary. He’s under pressure as he tries to convert TWA from propellers to jet. Investors are trying to oust him by claiming mental incompetence. He’s becoming an unstable recluse addicted to drugs.

Alden Ehrenreich is alright but I’m not in love with his character. His relationship with Sarah makes his character problematic. His relationship with Marla suffers from a rocky stop and start. Beatty should concentrate more on the rom-com formula with them. He seems more fixated on Hughes and that’s perfectly fine. In which case, he should simply do a Hughes bio. This movie has parts of a good movie along with chunks of flatter material.

This goose never got off the ground

I have a lot of time for Warren Beatty. He is one of the few people to be nominated for Oscars in the main four categories for a film twice. Best actor, screenplay, director and producer for the films Heaven Can Wait and Reds.

Rule Don’t Apply is his first film since since 2001. It is set in 1958 Hollywood and follows the romantic relationship between a young aspiring actress who is a devout Christian and her driver. Both are employed by Howard Hughes and according to the rules, both are forbidden to enter a relationship but they do as they wait to meet Howard Hughes.

Beatty who can be notoriously slow has been developing this project for more than 40 years after seeing Howard Hughes in a hotel lobby in the early 1970s.

The film is billed as a romantic comedy but is just constipated and pallid. Empty as the real life Hughes in his later years when he was filled up with drugs.

The only stand out moment is the farcical plane scene in London when Steve Coogan pops up (I presume he took this as an opportunity to appear with a screen legend.) For film nerds it is amusing to see Alec Baldwin show up in another film on Howard Hughes as he also appeared in Scorsese’s The Aviator.

The only positive I can find is that Beatty the Director used digital to seamlessly blend the vintage film of Hollywood and other places.

Going for the star(s)

Howard Hughes … you have to have someone big playing him right? Like Leonardo DiCaprio did in one of the other movies (Aviator in case you are wondering) … but this has nothing to do with that movie. It has Warren Beauty as director and sort of main character – though as with Amadeus and other movies about famous people, the famous character is almost a side character and those around him are the ones that are being made interesting.

Not that Howard Hughes isn’t interesting. Actually since the cast of this is so huge and amazing, every single character in this has something interesting to say the least. If you get on board with them, you will have a fun ride. Otherwise I reckon you may get bored. Great acting, great dialog though and well filmed.