I was personally lost.

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2001)

After just watching American Psycho I still do not understand what was suppose to be happening. Throughout the movie we see this man butcher people for very stupid reasons. (One man had better business cards.) Then, when you think he might have a hint of humanity and is turning himself in to his lawyer, the movie crumbles completely. I guess the just of the movie is that no matter how well you maintain your body, how high up the ladder you climb, you are not going to be the center of everyone's attention. I know that the title should have better warned me of this movie. Yet, I had read reviews praising how powerful the movie was, how excellent the acting of Christian Bale. I did not find either to be true. I believe any second rate actor could have fulfilled the requirements for this movie. Any 'psychotic killer' from a B rated slasher movie would have been just fine and probably cheaper for the budget. I was honestly bothered by this movie, not in the sense that it made me stop and think of how I would compare to this character. What made me stop and think was the fact that there is someone out there writing this material and they are who worry me.