Great film adaption, that's very entertaining and somewhat disturbing, with a wicked cast, and a knockout performance from Christian Bale!

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2006)

This is a great film adaption, that's very entertaining and somewhat disturbing, with a wicked cast, and a knockout performance from Christian Bale!. All the characters are great, and the story is very good as well, plus Christian Bale is simply incredible in this!. It's not overly graphic, but it still has many disturbing scenes, and while I have never read the book, I really enjoyed this movie, plus the ending is especially good, and will really make you think. While the performances were all very good, Bale carries the movie, as he played Patrick Bateman perfectly, and actually managed to give me the creeps, and I thought it was very well made and written as well, plus I also liked how unpredictable it was. The phone call Patrick made to his lawyer, was somewhat funny but also very disturbing at the same time, and I also found his obsession with music to be quite fascinating, plus I loved the dialog as well. All the characters are extremely likable, and Reese Witherspoon is a lot of fun as Patrick's whiny girlfriend Evelyn, plus everyone was perfectly casted. This is a great film adaption, that's very entertaining and somewhat disturbing, with a wicked cast, and a knockout performance from Christian Bale, I highly recommend this one!.
The Direction is great!. Mary Harron does a great! job here with very good camera work, solid angles, adding some good atmosphere, and just keeping the film at a very fast pace.
There is a little bit of gore, it is disturbing but not overly graphic. We get a person killed with a chainsaw (off screen), bloody bodies,severed head in a freezer, Axe in the face (off screen), gunshot wounds, and a bit of blood.
The Acting is outstanding!. Christian Bale is amazing as always and is incredible here, he truly is Patrick Bateman, he is chilling, creepy, likable in a weird sort of way, played insane incredibly well, was extremely intense, was simply fascinating to watch, and could have totally went OTT, but he Didn't,this is truly a dynamic performance! (Bale Rules!!!!!!!). Chloë Sevigny is very beautiful, and gives a charming performance here, she played it very simple and it worked, I really liked her, she is an underrated actress. Reese Witherspoon is amazing as always, and is brilliant in her role as Evelyn, I know her character is supposed to be annoying but I actually found her to be hilarious, especially her crying scene in the restaurant with Bale, sadly she Doesen't get enough screen time. (Reese Rules!!!!!!!!!!). Josh Lucas does what he has to do very well I liked him, he is a great actor. Justin Theroux is OK with what he had to do which was not much. Samantha Mathis is cute, and does fine as Courtney, I liked her. Willem Dafoe is excellent as always, and here is no different he has a small but great role here, and as always had commanding screen presence (Dafoe Rules!!). Jared Leto is good as the pretty boy and was quite convincing. Cara Seymour is fine as the hooker, I felt sorry for her. Rest of the cast do fine.
Overall I highly recommend this one!. ***1/2 out of 5