Review – Less Than Zero

No, boys and girls, the 80s weren’t really like this. All we have here is a dumb fantasy cooked up by Bret Easton Ellis, a sad tale that aspires to be an indictment of the greed and carelessness of a generation but never manages to rise above the level of cheap soap opera. If you want some idea of how rich people in the 80s saw themselves, this might be worth a look. Otherwise the high point is The Bangles covering “A Hazy Shade of Winter” on the soundtrack (oh, and some off-the-rack tunes as well). See if desperate