AFI FEST 2016: Rules Don't Apply FILM REVIEW

Frank Forbes, the driver, and Marla Mabrey, the actress, are both employed by the elusive and mysterious billionaire Howard Hughes in RULES DON'T APPLY.

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An aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) and her ambitious young driver (Alden Ehrenreich) struggle hopefully with the absurd eccentricities of the wildly unpredictable billionaire Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty) for whom they work.

** Stars

Rules Don't Apply

Director: Warren Beatty

Screenplay: Warren Beatty

Starring: Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergin, Oliver Platt, Taissa Farmiga, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan

Rated PG-13 for sexual material including brief strong language, thematic elements, and drug references

Running Time: 2 hour 6 minutes

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Rating Scale:

***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2 = Above Average

*** = Good **1/2 = Mediocre ** = Fair *1/2 = Poor * = Bad 1/2* = Abysmal