Beautiful psychopathy

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2015)

From the opening scene to the closing credits my phone stayed in my pocket and my eyes glued to the screen in complete concentration. Christian Bale takes on a Ted Bundy meets Wolf of Wall Street type character and is immediately engulfed in a world where monotonous lawyering is tolerated by day, and an insatiable blood lust embraced by night.
As the viewer gets acquainted to Patrick Bateman it is immediately obvious that he is nothing like anyone we've seen before. His treatment of anyone he views as inferior is psychopathicly condescending, and his reverence for his body borders on maniacal. Add to that that he's a rampant womanizer and you end up with a protagonist you love to hate and hate to see succeed.
It says something about the movie that every one of the upper class people in it is so concerned with masking their flaws that it's all we can see. In contrast, the ones who make minimum wage are humble of there defects and allow us to see a full rounded person instead of just a sham.
The only fault I have with this film is its ambiguous ending. Judging by the number of similar remarks I've read, you may feel the same.
Overall, incredible movie, highly recommended to anyone willing to spend sleepless nights pondering the conclusion.