Genre:
Comedy / Horror
Directed
by: Mary Harron
Starring:
Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto
Running
time: 101 minutes
This is the cinematic adaptation of Bret
Easton Ellis’ novel of the same name. It tells the story of Patrick Bateman, an
investment banker in the Manhattan of the 1980’s who keeps up appearances to
hide the fact that he is psychopath with a thirst for killing. As he goes along
living that double life, he starts to wonder if he will be able to keep on
hiding it from others.
American Psycho is a delicious mixture of
black comedy and horror movie. Some of the scenes are gory and nasty, but, then,
the sight of a business man setting his kills while discussing pop music from
the 80’s will make you laugh for sure. There are no worries here about happy
endings and catharsis, or about redeeming qualities. And, to be honest, I find
this movie refreshing for that very reason.
Christian Bale was the perfect choice to
bring this character to life. He is absolutely magnificent as Patrick Bateman,
so much so that nobody else in the cast really comes close to him. If you have
an open mind about black comedy, I highly recommend this one to you, if you
have not seen it already.
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