Just read the book.

Rating: 2/10 (10 March 2001)

American Psycho was an intense novel. However, the film adaption is poorly done on many levels. For one, Christian Bale despite having the right build and look for the character is not very believable as a psycho. His over-acting makes him look silly and not in the least bit scary or even intimidating. Not to mention the very selective approach to the sequencing of the film in comparison to the novel and the limited character development. Go to your local book store and pick up the novel but definitely pass on the movie.