Movie review - "Less Than Zero" (1987) **

The Bangles’ version of Hazy Shade of Winter gets this off to a good start. Andrew McCarthy is a bit bland but OK as the kid who returns home after a six month absence to find his friend Robert Downey Jnr has gone off the rails. Downey Jnr is good as is James Spader. A strong central situation but not enough plot to justify a feature – too repetitive (Downey being crazy, McCarthy walking around a party watching people party – and it’s not even really that crazy, McCarthy rooting Jamie Getz). Needed some more decadence.