Rule Number Three (2011) User Reviews

Scrabble - The Movie

[Horst_In_Translation · 6/10 · 2 November 2015]

"Rule Number Three" is an 11-minute British short film from 4 years ago directed by Tom Ludlam and written by James Cotton. These 2 are really not that prolific in the fields they worked in here, but both have a decent body of work in other areas, so they aren't newbies anymore either. All in all, they did an okay job I guess. However, the real reason to watch this are Nicholas Hould and especially Imogen Poots. You can certainly see their talent in here and it's no surprise they went on to become pretty famous since then. They play a couple whose relationship suffers when the guy takes a sleazy look at a hot waitress at the place they were eating in. Well.. they aren't really eating, just playing scrabble and from that moment on they tell each other their feelings via the game. I must say I cannot take this seriously as a dramatic film, it was just too absurd for that and I am not only talking about the scrabble parts. But it is a decent comedy I guess and thanks to Hoult's and Poots' nice performances worth a watch.

Spell Check, Mate

[AZINDN · 9/10 · 12 June 2016]

Short films are a brilliant form of story telling unto themselves and Rule Number Three tells its story with minimal words. Set in a pub, British hotties Nicholas Hout and Imogen Poots spell it out for everyone to see as they engage in a coy Scrabble session that reveals more than they bargained for. From an amorous start, the game is a communication tool of revelations that Hoult least expected as Poots shrinks around the truth. Most impressive is the effective skill of the actor's facial expressions and eyes to replace any excessive verbal dialogue. The eyes have it in the most engaging sense as the director frames the attractiveness of both actors whose exposed relationship is made uncomfortably obvious to a family friend who happened on their literal conversational spelling bee. Witty, abbreviated, and well acted, Poots and Hoult are young adults with little to say aloud, yet manage to state their predicament loudly following the Scrabble premise: No Proper Nouns.

Wow I paid for that

[Tmeverett69 · 2/10 · 27 June 2022]

Kind of ironic that it only had 3 reviews and it was rated at 7 stars. Makes the impression that some reviews were left by known parties to the movie. The main characters never said a single word and the whole entire movie is around half an hour, so why charge for it? Some really good movies have no charge and yet this one requires you to pay for a half hour of no speaking. One straight to the point story line that goes nowhere in the end really. Girl pregnant and leaves to raise it alone. No conversation in between and no touching of any kind. Wow, can't believe I paid for that.

Cute Short - Flash from the past

[diana_heineck · 20 June 2022]

I came upon this little gem today searching Nick Hoult. He is one of my favorites! It does not hurt that my son looks very much like him. But with brown eyes!

Watching some of Hoult's older works and his recent movies, one can really see how he has grown as an actor. Always a pleasure for me to watch anything he does! Warm Bodies is the movie that first caught my eye, but my daughter pointed him out to me in "About a boy" due to his uncanny resemblance to my son.

So, I just enjoy watching anything he makes! I am a little jealous though because he has a new baby, and I am still waiting to be a grandmother.

This is a pleasant short that I recommend as it shows how he has evolved as an actor!