A great mind-trip movie..

Rating: 8/10 (31 May 2000)

(This review might contain a thing called spoiler. Beware)
Christian Bale brings Patrick Bateman with `panache`. He is Patrick Bateman, very reasonable man, who never forget to do anything, is a rich yuppie in the 80ies, has no bad habit except one: he is one sick serial killer.
The direction and the photography of the movie is perfect, the dialog is good (hilarious when Bateman speaks on music), the murders are chilling (running naked with a strange smile and a chain saw in his hands) and the suspense is quasi-hitchcockian.. There is a great plot twist at the end, which explain why this man really is American psycho. The great mass-killing ending is flawlessly delivered. The movie is not for the weak of heart. It 's (in my opinion) a stab at the 80ies over-consummation society.
I give this movie a (high) 84% (8/10).
P.S.: The dialog in this movie is really great, but the best line is right at the beginning when he says something about him not being there.