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Rating: Null/10 (16 April 2000)

This is like nothing you've ever seen before. Bateman is totally whacked, and Christian Bale plays him beautifully. As bloody as this movie is, it's not terribly gruesome. And although you may hate yourself for it, you'll find yourself laughing hysterically at the most violent parts--really!
This is definitely a movie for a mature audience. It's very obviously not reality, but it may seem like it at times. There is nudity in great quantities, and it is about a serial killer, so there's violence. The 80's satire is bitter and so true, sometimes it hurts.
Back to Christian Bale...he was amazing. Although he wasn't attractive for one millisecond of this movie, and I have to give him credit for that, you can't keep your eyes off the guy. He's just so gosh darn interesting. You keep wondering what's going on in Bateman's mind, and then about a third of the way through, you realize that there's nothing going on in his mind, and that's what's so cool about the whole movie!
I have to warn you that there are some people that came away from the movie a little shaken up. They didn't understand it, or they thought it was going to be something it wasn't. American Psycho is a really messed up movie, but it's supposed to be that way, and it's done terrifically!
And for anyone who's worried that this is a scary movie, the only thing scary about it is that someone was tweaked enough to write it! Go see it, it's so much fun!!!