May 09 2008
Less Than Zero Still Scores
Just the other day, a friend and I were talking about the wonder that is Robert Downey Jr., and how he has managed to turn lemons into lemonade.
And although we all now know that he spent the majority of his early career high on something, I still think one of his best performances was in 1987’s Less Than Zero, a film that still pertains today as much as it did back then.
The film is full of sex, drugs and money, as well as Robert Downey Jr. playing a drugged-out wastoid to perfection, Andrew McCarthy playing a goody-two-shoes Yuppie, Jami Gertz playing arm candy, and James Spader playing a bad boy.
Less Than Zero put the spotlight on the decadent 80s, and although it looked glamerous on the surface, the film showed that it was pretty much all yuck underneath.
The film is sexy, it’s gritty and it almost makes viewers uncomfortable–at least it does so for me. And it makes me thank (insert-your-god’s-name-here) that I never got into drugs.
Also, the soundtrack features a great 80s single (”Hazy Shade of Winter” by the Bangles) that, whenever I hear it, makes me think of the film.
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