Chloë Sevigny, Christian Bale, Jared Leto
Patrick Bateman is young, white, beautiful, ivy leagued, and indistinguishable from his Wall Street colleagues. Shielded by conformity, privilege, and wealth, Bateman is also the ultimate serial kille...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 5, 2000
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Flixster Reviews (20,056)
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September 24, 2009I've seen this film, as of today, four times and it just seems to get better with each additional viewing. Definately a film that needs to be seen multiple times to be truely appreciated.
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September 21, 2009A book no one thought could be filmed. It?s fair to say that it doesn?t come close to the book but it?s also fair to say that Mary Harron did as good a job as anyone could have done. This is a brilliant film with some brilliant performances, especially from Bale in one of his bes...( read more)
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August 9, 2009I rewatched this for the first time in a long time . . . and I have to say WOW. Christian Bale is just crazy good in this film.
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May 29, 2009American Psycho pales in comparison to the Bret Easton Ellis novel upon which it is based. Bateman was portrayed as a calculating and methodical killer (with the exception of the chapter where his murder of a saxophonist in plain view of a police officer sends him into a frenzy),...( read more)
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March 19, 2009Disturbing, brilliant and about as good an adaptation of the book as we are going to get.
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November 20, 2009An amazing adaption from one of my favorite Bret Easton Ellis novels. It showed about as much as it could, while retaining as much story as possible. Christian Bale was the perfect choice for Patrick Bateman and is completely priceless. The visual setting is a perfect representat...( read more)
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November 19, 2009I've grown to love this movie. At first the notion of a yuppie, seemingly perfect, wall-street trader, who has everything, who has a sick fetish of slicing young woman, and murdering his friends, with all evidence seemingly going ignored, seems silly and over the top. But when I...( read more)
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November 16, 2009Christian Bale scared me in this movie. He was so psychotic and the ending...epic.
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Critic Reviews
May 10, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Christian Bale is heroic in the way he allows the character to leap joyfully into despicability; there is no instinct for self-preservation here, and that is one mark of a good actor. full review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, At the Movies
Christian Bale is heroic in the way he allows the character to leap joyfully into despicability; there is no instinct for self-preservation here, and that is one mark of a good actor. full review
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July 5, 2007Only just seeing this film i realise why people say its so great! It delves accurately into the clean, crisp life of Patrick Bateman. He has everything life could offer, yet his only saviour is to destroy those who better him. The monologues, his insights into such a mind, makes you think how a man can be so inhumane. Disturbingly brilliant. Very funny film. Bale - how can i describe him? He's Bale. Loved every minute of it. Permanently part of my collection now! Bravo Bale!
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May 7, 2007I think you're missing the point of the movie. It IS great and deserves any rave review it gets. It's a dark (very dark) comedy, satirizing 80s yuppie culture: materialism and obsessiveness with one's careers and physique - one's 'standing' in other words.
It is also an intriguing look into the mind of a psychopath. They often try to fit in as much as possible, though in reality they feel no empathy for fellow men and nave no real emotions other than rage and the pleasure derived from killing. Al f this is observable in the character of Patrick Bateman. -
April 29, 2007everyone keeps talking about how brilliant and sick & twisted this movie is. It's neither. It's a poorly filmed, deeply flawed and cliched run-of-the-mill wannabe slasher/psycho-thriller. Those who claim this to be sick and twisted, weird, depraved, well, you guys need to widen ur viewing. Stop salivating at Hollywood's table scraps.
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April 16, 2007The identity of Patrick Bateman is merely a charismatic mask designed to help lure in his unsuspecting prey...
He resorts to obsessive-compulsive behaviour to hide the fact that he's falling apart as he gives into his desires.
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April 15, 2007So disturbing, sick, and twisted that it has to be good. When I first saw the movie I couldn't decide whether I hated it or loved it. It was only after quoting it in daily discussions, and then cracking up, that I realized it really is a work of art. Christian Bale is amazing. I am officially disturbed...and liking it.
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November 23, 2006weird, disgusting and strange and thankfully not as gross as the book which describes events even a hardened gore fest fan like myself found too much. Brilliant film
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