Criminal satire

Rating: 6/10 (26 June 2020)

When you think about a tape about a psychopath, a violent drama-like story instantly comes to mind. In 'American Psycho' this totally changes, when reporting criminal acts in a satirical way.
The film tells the story of Patrick Bateman, a Wall Street worker who murders people at night. The greatest achievement of the film is the development of the main character. The story, being told from its subjective point of view, acquires an absolutely well-made introspection. Unfortunately it is one of the few good things it achieves. The script is pretty weak, so weak that at its end point it can't support itself and leaves plenty of holes behind. This same script risks everything to develop the protagonist and leaves out all the other characters, with minimal development.
Generally speaking, the film doesn't have much more to offer than a well-developed character and the odd funny sequence, even if it's totally ridiculous and implausible. Although, despite everything, the performance of Christian Bale (even without being the best of his career) manages to enhance a rather weak film.