Absolutely the worst movie.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

No movie has captured the dark side if the 80s like Less Than Zero. The overindulgence era at its finest. The cast is is fantastic, a truly underrated performance by Robert Downey Jr. And James Spader. Jamie Gertz gets an A+ for her part of Blair. The soundtrack is an amazing undervalued masterpiece.

One of the worst lead casts I've ever seen in the history of movies

Less than Zero is one of my favorite movies of all time.. I moved out to LA with my best friend Chris Britt in 1988 and then moved back to Atlanta. Every time I watch Less than Zero it brings me back to when we use to party in the LA club scene. Less than Zero is a great flashback movie for me.. I miss being youthful.. but I have grown up since those days and Its good to be sober.. Glory to God. thanks for making this movie and allowing me to flashback to my time living in LA. I have lost many friends to drug overdoses and I my self have come to death doors from abusing drugs. it only by the grace of God that im still here... stay humble and sober..

Less Than Zero almost seems like a film that came too late, if only for a couple of years earlier, during the Brat Pack era. While it isn't John Hughes, it's an interesting drama thanks to it's performances, especially Downey's, this role hitting a bit too close to home, and James Spader, as an oily drug supplier, while McCarthy basically just has to look sharp, smile and not say much, while I almost don't know what Gertz has to do, but just look independent. When graduating at the start, McCarthy had gone away for a while, and now he's back, only to find friend, Julian (Downey) at his worst with his drug habit, spiralling into a darker hell as referred to the movie's title, while Gertz is overly concerned. All three are from privileged families, Downey's father disowning him cause of his addiction. Downey shows some powerfully acted moments, too convincing you might say, like when he's really strung out, his supplier Spader, a really bad influence, ha ha, (different Spader movie reference) acting as a kind of pimp, when funds are short or due, making him do some weird stuff. Less Than Zero is a flashy energetic drama, all the more conflict driven, in Downey's character refusing to be helped. Based on Brett E Ellis, novel, Gertz uses the same line regarding snorting coke, as Jessica Biel does in 2003's Rules Of Attraction, based on another novel by Ellis. The film does have some messy areas, and it's ending, tragic for one, is thought provoking, but if you want John Hughes, go somewhere else.