CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

inkslayer This is not a movie about Howard Hughes. It is about old Hollywood. And Beatty captures that theme brilliantly and beautifully.I was never a Warren Beatty fan. (Sorry, Mr. Beatty.) But I am now! His creation of Howard Hughes is brilliant. Whether Hughes was really like this or not, is not the issue. It's how an actor brings his character to life. Mr. Beatty's portrayal of Hughes is riveting. So are all the other characters that help tell the story to Rules Don't Apply. I like that Mr. Beatty used well-known, super talented actors to round-out his story about old Hollywood: Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, Matthew Broderick, Ed Harris, Oliver Platt, Annette Benning, and Martin Sheen. They all bring a sense of reality to the story and their character's vocations.Plot: 1958 Hollywood. Two devout religious employees of Howard Hughes - an aspiring actress and songwriter, Marla Mabrey (Lilly Collins), and Hughes' chauffeur, Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich), must put up with Hughes' eccentricities. Including their not being able to date because Hughes' #1 rule is no employee is allowed to have a relationship with his contract actresses. But when Hughes steps over his own line, things get dicey... and interesting.

gradyharp Warren Beatty wrote the screenplay for his own story (with Bo Goldman), stars in and directs this parody of the life of the very strange and very successful Howard Hughes. Though pieced together like a changing puzzle the film works, largely to a fine starring role for Beatty and a supporting cast that is up to his caliber.As the official synopsis states, '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. It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen, songwriter, and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey (Collins), under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes (Beatty), arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes (Ehrenreich), 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 Hughes' #1 rule: no employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank 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.'Add to this a kaleidoscope of famous actors in secondary as well as bit roles – Matthew Broderick, Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, Annette Benning, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Oliver Platt, Alec Baldwin, Dabney Coleman, and more – and the film becomes a play about Hollywood – in a good way. Not a great movie but an entertaining one.

danielri I was surprised by the financial losses in theaters when this film was first released. I suspect it will have a long life via other modes of distribution.I thoroughly enjoyed it overnight at home during a rain storm.Surprised to see Candice Bergen in a cameo kind of role with almost no lines of dialogue.The ending is somewhat predictable but Warren Beatty does an entertaining job playing the role of the supposedly crazy billionaire aviation and movie magnate.Thanks for a fine two hours, Warren.

Dave Archer Rules Don't Apply, written, directed, starring and probably catered by Warren Beatty, is an odd mix of actual events focused on Howard Hughes (played by Beatty) and his various business dealings, and a cast of fictional characters that surround him. Real-life elements include his diminishing mental capacity, the Spruce Goose, his financial problems and more. The fictional elements involve a contract actress (Lily Collins – Phil's daughter) her driver (Alden Ehrenreich), and his boss (Matthew Broderick.)The cast is uniformly excellent and in many cases, wasted. The movie has more cameos – some lasting less than a minute – than any movie in recent memory, and features Paul Sorvino, Candice Bergen, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Oliver Platt, Alec Baldwin, Dabney Coleman, Steve Coogan and many, many more. On the other hand, the movie does a better job of faithfully recreating the late-50s and early-60s than any movie I've seen.If Howard Hughes, the time period, topic or cast interest you, wait for the DVD. Otherwise, skip this one.