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May 29, 2023eusebius rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It's all marvellous fun until it goes on too long, then it isn't. Ehrenreich and Collins are the two star-crossed lovers (there's even a scene of coitus interruptus) and they are quite effective, as is Matthew Broderick as Hughes' minion.…
May 14, 2023biffblack rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Rules Don't Apply is a wonderful movie. All the negative "reviews" below should tell an informed individual of such. It is heartfelt, humane, emotionally complex, emotionally risky, and aesthetically it's very beautifully made.…
Mar 20, 2023SAPL454 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Eccentric Howard Hughes and his tribulations!
Sep 01, 2019WATCHER_LISTENER_READER rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Super awful. I was a Beatty fan until I saw this.
Aug 27, 2019avocadotree rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Good. I enjoyed it very much.
Jun 08, 2019ericbrown601 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
While it was great watching Warren Beatty again, this movie was just another piece of evidence that one should realize "pet projects" quick enough without hesitation. This film is only for Beatty fans of which I am not.
Dec 26, 2018cmarie20 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Thoroughly enjoyed this fantasy about Howard Hughes, Hollywood when it was glamorous and a love story. Well done.
Jun 08, 2018lakeland53 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
It seems I am the only reviewer that liked this film. I liked the story, the lighting, the costuming, the editing, the actors, the characters, the art direction. I thought it was really great. Beatty did a great job, and it was wonderful…
Jun 07, 2018P58Jackson rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Interesting and likely appropriate for what the truth of what Howard Hughes was like. Not in any way certain it is meant as a real depiction of history as much as a story to portray the madness/eccentricity of Howard Hughes and how it…
Mar 04, 2018firefly5 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I did not like this movie.
Feb 04, 2018gnomenut rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A decent and watchable film, but nothing special. All the roles are more caricatures than characters, especially Hughes, who plays like an absent-minded buffoon. There's little hint of what must have been the real Howard Hughes'…
Jan 29, 2018readyrisa rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Very boring and disappointing.
Jan 05, 2018JoKgrzW1ld rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Wow! Well we knew the guy was crazy. Now we know he was a creep too. I loved having Warren back on the big screen. He's like a fine wine that only gets better with age.
Sep 16, 2017llane rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Disappointing what a mess !!!
Aug 30, 2017
Well-known cast, poorly utilized. A major disappointment.
Aug 28, 2017
Did not like it at all. Boring and made no sense to me!
Aug 28, 2017jimg2000 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
As told in the extras, it is a Beatty self-indulgent project, a film on the ultra eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes and his legacy in the aviation and film industry. Unfortunately, the script was convoluted when interlaced with a…
Aug 13, 2017Courier2003 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Large cast, hard to separate fact from fiction.. Howard was a strange one. There is always an interest when the name Howard Hughes comes up. Too many scenes in the dark or limited lighting.
Aug 09, 2017ROBERTFREDALLEN rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I quite enjoyed this movie. I just loved the American vehicles (I was an auto-mechanic by trade for sixty years) That I remember were on the roads when I first immigrated to Calgary, and many I worked on. Classic designs not like today's a…
Jun 25, 2017rugolin rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Howard Hughes is such a larger than life character your not surprised that he ends up being a character in so many movies whether it is The Aviator, Melvin and Howard orThe Rocketeer. He is clearly the inspiration for Bruce Wayne in…
Jun 16, 2017BlueHippo rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Really good if you like Warren Beatty playing Warren Beatty!
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Jun 06, 2017Franln rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I guess it would have been more intriguing if it was true. Not a bad story though. Howard Hughes was such a weirdo.
May 24, 2017hammer59 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Legendary FLOP at the box office. Spend 25 million and draw 3 million? Always respected Warren Beatty, and I LOVED "Bullworth"---but this was not even close to being relevant in 2017. All hat: no cattle describes this stinker.
May 08, 2017
My high hopes were dashed. The plot jumps all over, it's hard to keep track of what's going on, and characters aren't compelling. I watched an hour and gave up.