Good effort for those interested in retrospectives on the "me" decade

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2007)

I went into seeing this film having already read the book; and was interested to see how the film adaptation would match up. I was pleasantly surprised, the acting was way above average and the director did a good job of making the viewer believe they were actually viewing the 1980s all over again. Christian Bale as I have read many other users comment previously, is magnificent in the role of the film's main character, as he has been in several films since, seems to play the nut-case/tormented genius rather well.
Where American Psycho does, perhaps, fall away somewhat is in maintaining the audiences attention and enthusiasm past half-way through the film. There seems to be a slight lack of rhythm to the shock, shock, shock, followed by more meaningful plot evolution. I found myself losing interest to a certain degree as the plot moved on; whereas in the book I was only getting more interested as time went on. Having said this I believe this is an under-appreciated effort, and is well worth a viewing.
8/10