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Chloë Sevigny, Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Somaya Reece, Willem Dafoe
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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I'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.
A 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)
I 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.
American 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)
Disturbing, brilliant and about as good an adaptation of the book as we are going to get.
Foreword: I read reviews and analyses to really GET the movie. With that said, I think it's a great movie. (Well, apparently the play on which it is BASED has to get the credit, really). I think the acting was decent but could be better.
Don't look to be entertained. This movie i...( read more)
Many people complain about this film because it is not nearly as graphic as the book, however what people have to understand, if Mary Harron made the movie exaclty the same as the book, it would of been out cast by most movie theatres and even banned in some countries. The clever...( read more)
I actually skipped school to go see this movie when it came out. How someone cannot enjoy this movie is beyond me. It's nice to see the occasional non-conforming role for Christian Bale. His performance in this movie was flawless. His attitude, taste in music and way that he expr...( read more)
