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American Psycho

2000 Directed by Mary Harron

I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

Christian Bale Willem Dafoe Jared Leto Josh Lucas Samantha Mathis Matt Ross Bill Sage Chloë Sevigny Cara Seymour Justin Theroux Guinevere Turner Reese Witherspoon Krista Sutton Reg E. Cathey Anthony Lemke Stephen Bogaert Monika Meier Blair Williams Marie Dame Kelley Harron Patricia Gage Landy Cannon Park Bench Catherine Black Margaret Ma Peter Tufford Kennedy Mark Pawson Jessica Lau Lilette Wiens Show All…

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Review by Simon Ramshaw ★★★★½ 15

Me: Do you like Mary Harron’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho?

Snooty Film Analyst: It’s OK.

Me: The later scenes are a little too abstract for my tastes, but when Bateman’s monologuing carries on throughout all 102 minutes, I think it really comes into its own, commercially and artistically. The whole film has a clear, crisp look, and an old sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives Andrzej Sekula’s cinematography a big boost. Mary Harron's been compared to David Fincher in the final scenes, but I think Mary has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humour.

Snooty Film Analyst: Hey, Simon.

Me: Yes, Analyst?

Snooty Film Analyst: Why are their notes scattered around the place concerning theories…
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 11

Christian Bale deserved an Oscar.

So quotable.

So funny.

So twisted.

So delirious.

So amazing.

Sorry this review is so short, I have to return some videotapes.
Review by brat pitt ★★★★ 11

bret easton ellis really had the nerve to say that women can’t direct even after mary harron adapted his book into one of the most iconic films of all time huh 🤔
Review by Katie ★★★★★ 5

relating to patrick bateman is a scaaarrryy feeling but thank god this film was made by women or I think I might go insane
Review by Laura Raud ★★★★½ 13

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Harold, it's Bateman, Patrick Bateman. You're my lawyer so I think you should know: I've killed a lot of people. Some girls in the apartment uptown uh, some homeless people maybe 5 or 10 um an NYU girl I met in Central Park. I left her in a parking lot behind some donut shop. I killed Bethany, my old girlfriend, with a nail gun, and some man uh some old faggot with a dog last week. I killed another girl with a chainsaw, I had to, she almost got away and uh someone else there I can't remember maybe a model, but she's dead too. And Paul Allen. I killed Paul Allen with an axe in the face, his body…
Review by sree ★★★★★ 2

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

5 stars for the brutal murder of jared leto

Recent reviews

Review by rosie ✰ ★★★½ 1

interesting look into extreme hedonism mixed into a capitalist lifestyle. I like the ambiguity of whether or not Bateman actually killed the people or if it was just in his mind.
don’t know if I really like christian bale but he has a tight ass
Review by James Christopher Lawrence

Don't think it quite carries the impact it had on me 18 years ago and the film adaptation makes the source material seem a little dumb, but only in the way of making the film work. Next time I put a record on I shall regale my wife with facts about whatever we're listening to.

"Nihilist really kick started the swedish death metal movement with their 1988 demo 'Premature Autopsy' but later disbanded to make up two of the greatest bands of the genre'

Impressive, very nice.
Review by jess ★

I....hated this movie. after everyone and their mother hyped this up, I was expecting so much more, but when it ended, I literally sat there for ten minutes and stared at my screen, trying to think of ways to get the past two hours of my life back.
Review by mooveeqtpi ★★★★

Check ‘em
Review by XanderF ★★★★★

Because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of friends, it's also a very personal statement about the band itself.

HEY PAUL!
Review by pizamann ★

Ending would've been better if the director wasn't claiming that it wasn't in his head
Review by Jacob Cotzin ★★★½

Hey Paul!
Review by Luka Pajković ★★½

Uhm ja baš nisam uživao u ovom... osim par fora krvavih scena i legendarne DUBS scene, ostatak mi je bio meh
Review by andyb9 ★★★★★

fantastic film