Avoid this movie at all cost

Rating: 1/10 (29 September 2000)

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. After watching it I feel that director Mary Harron owes me 101 minutes of my life (and the $3.00 for the video rental). This could have actually been a relatively entertaining movie if they had actually given the movie a point of some sort. I won't give it away, in case anyone is foolish enough to want to throw away 101 minutes of their life despite my warning), but the movie has a surprise twist at the end, which completely fails to make any sense whatsoever no matter how you interpret the movie or the annoyingly ambiguous ending. Christian Bale, as the title psycho, gives a performance that could have been an interesting skit for Jim Carrey on In Living Color but is completely wasted in this movie by Ms Harron. Also wasted is an incredible cast which includes Bale, Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon and Jared Leto. This could be the worst movie you could possibly make with this talented cast. Please avoid it if you can.