Rules Don't Apply


Rules Don't Apply
Set in Hollywood, 1958. A small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver, who is engaged to be married to his 7th grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies her boss’s #1 rule: no employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. The three interact in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.

127 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language, Sex).
Comedy, Drama, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, and others
Director
Warren Beatty
ScreenplayWarren Beatty, Bo Goldman
CinematographyCaleb Deschanel
EditingRobin Gonsalves, Leslie Jones, Brian Scofield, Billy Weber
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Made in2016
Produced byRegency Enterprises, RatPac Entertainment, Worldview Entertainment, Robson Orr Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, Fiore Group, Demarest Films, Windsor Media, Tatira

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageMild to moderate, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG-13 for sexual material including brief strong language, thematic elements, and drug references
Runtime127
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
2
Blood / Gore / Gross
1
Guns / Weapons
2
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
1
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
3
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
5

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
13 +
Positive messages
3
Positive role models
3
Violence
2
Sex
3
Language
3
Consumerism
0
Drinking, drugs, smoking
3

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Todd McCarthy quote iconBeatty's new film will capture a younger audience.
10
Die Burger
Anika Marais quote iconFliek verloor halfpad fokus.
10
Cape Times
Unknown
10
ScreenIt
Jim Judy quote iconThe actor, writer and director has delivered a mess of a movie that might capture the look of the Hollywood studio system, starlets and casting couches of old, but doesn’t breathe any new life into any of that.
8
Metacritic.com
38 critics
12
Rottentomatoes critics
131 critics
12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconWith Rules Don’t Apply, Warren Beatty takes an overall affable -- but undeniably slight -- look at a corner of old Hollywood under Howard Hughes’ distinctive shadow.
11
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
11
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconEntertaining but uneven Hollywood drama has serious themes.
10

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
15 users
12
Rottentomatoes users
3261 users
10
Internet
3088 Netizens
11

Average .. 53%

11

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