I have to return some videotapes. (Or Netflix and...Kill?)

Rating: 9/10 (24 December 2019)

My Rating : 9/10
Christian Bale is PERFECT as Patrick Bateman.
Set in the 1980s, the book follows the story of a 27-year-old Harvard graduate named Patrick Bateman, who goes on a killing spree and murders "twenty, maybe forty people."
'American Psycho' is anything you want it to be; glossy and superficial, or deep and meaningful. The question is : Do you look at things from the same narrow angle as Patrick Bateman does? If so, then the movie is not for you...
The film looks to examine our own distorted points of view or detachments from reality. Like Patrick Bateman, we may be trapped craving the approval of others and denying ourselves the ability to distinguish fantasies from our reality. People are obsessed with how the others perceive them likewise in American Psycho Bateman achieves no catharsis, he's trapped in his own personal hell because he requires the recognition of the other yuppies to confirm his identity as a murderer. The irony is that Bateman's real crimes may as well be fantasy. The lack of acknowledging his reality drives Bateman further into madness and existential despair. It's about yuppie culture, the melding of identity, and the craving to stand out from a superficial homogenized society.
This is a great movie. Look for the subtext under the dialogue.
Highest Recommendation.