Rules Don't Apply certainly has its moments though. Perhaps, he should've emulated Sturges' style a little closer. Oftentimes clunky, the pacing of Rules Don't Apply just isn't consistently fun or fast-paced enough. With this basic framework in place, he puts a screwball love triangle at the center and lets the comedy ensue.at least in parts. It's as if Beatty wondered what the lift of the eccentric billionaire would look like through the lens of Preston Sturges. For him to make a film like Rules Don't Apply means that he's either bored, has a strong interest in the fascinatingly enigmatic Hughes, or probably a little bit of both. Rather, he's an icon who's already accomplished so much that such prizes wouldn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Mind you, such a feat wouldn't be beneath him. He wouldn't benefit from, say, showy Oscar noms in the December of his years a la Christopher Plummer (Beginners, All the Money in the World). He's the living legend who made Reds, for Chrissakes. Miller) and continued through the rise of independent cinema (Dick Tracy, Bugsy), this star simply has little - if nothing - left to prove. In an unparalleled H'Wood career that astoundingly bridged the Studio era (Splendor in the Grass, Bonnie & Clyde) with the Maverick '70s (Shampoo, McCabe & Mrs. The bad news is: this ain't Heaven Can Wait (which hasn't aged well) or even Bulworth (which has improved exponentially with age, but more on that later), the two entries on his director/star CV that also qualify as out-and-out comedies. The good news is: Rules Don't Apply ranks better than Beatty's last two turns in the director's chair (Love Affair, Town & Country). This PG-13-rated comedy presents the unconventional love story of an aspiring actress (Lily Collins), her ambitious driver (Alden Ehrenreich), and their eccentric boss (Beatty), the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.
Rating: PG-13 (Drug References|Brief Strong Language|Sexual Material|Thematic Elements)įlying quite a bit lower than The Aviator in terms of scope and entertainment value, Warren Beatty's lightly comic take on Howard Hughes charts a sometimes enjoyable - though not always breezy - old H'Wood romp.
Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test but also defies Hughes' number one rule: no employee is allowed to have an intimate relationship with a contract actress. At the airport, she meets her driver, Frank Forbes, only two weeks on the job and also from a religiously conservative background. Small-town beauty queen and devout Baptist Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins), under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty), arrives in Los Angeles.
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