Excellent movie

Rating: 7/10 (17 September 2000)

American Psycho is a movie that has to be seen in the proper context. Those who went to see a horror movie were disappointed , while those who went to see a satire were taken aback by the violence.
I had not read the book before seeing the film but had heard enough to know what to expect. The satire about the 80's consumerism is brutal and Christian Bale has the difficult job of playing a character who is playing a character. The Bateman we see is the carefully manufactured version of what he wants us to see. He is trying very hard to fit in and his obsession with skin care products and "hip" music are signs of him trying to fit in, in the most superficial way possible. Everything we see about Patrick is manufactured to the way the stereotypical yuppie is supposed to be. Oddly enough I went to school with people like that. I hope they turned out better:)