Top billed cast

1. 

   Andrew McCarthy

   Clay

2. 

   Jami Gertz

   Blair

3. 

   Robert Downey Jr.

   Julian

4. 

   James Spader

   Rip

5. 

   Tony Bill

   Bradford Easton

6. 

   Nicholas Pryor

   Benjamin Wells

7. 

   Donna Mitchell

   Elaine Easton

8. 

   Michael Bowen

   Hop

9. 

   Sarah Buxton

   Markie

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2018-02-11

RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Marek Kanievska, "Less than Zero" is a drama about a trio of rich 18 year-olds from Los Angeles. After graduation, one goes off to college (Andrew McCarthy), but returns for Christmas break wherein he finds his ex-girlfriend (Jami Gertz) and, especially, his buddy (Robert Downey Jr.) struggling with drug addiction in the Beverly Hills fast lane. James Spader plays a smug high society dealer.

This is the furthest thing from typical 80’s youth flicks, like “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “The Karate Kid,” “Valley Girl,” “Footloose” and “C...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,396,383.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• self-destruction
• drug addiction
• cocaine
• melancholy
• los angeles, california
• hedonism
• beverly hills
• decadence
• coke
• shocking
• grim
• complex
• gay theme
• suspenseful
• complicated
• disheartening