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Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2004)

you must understand that this movie makes no apologies. to anyone. not especially to ellis. and not to literary or cinematic academia. it is a fundamentally stupid realization of the book, and of the beautifully painted motions defined therein. and yet it is f@#$%^g hilarious. despite the creators best intentions, the film languishes in a bizarre off-point comedy all its own. i toast its ridiculous interpretation of the bateman character, the simplistic imposition of a kind of materialistic existentialism, followed greedily at its heels by the cheesy archetypal narrations about 'masks' and realities. this movie either sings to you or it don't. if you liked frankenhooker and eaten alive, you'll love it. this movie is not to be over-analyzed. if you like b movies and clumsy democratized poetry, consume. total joy. top 3 of all time.