Who cares ?

Rating: 3/10 (5 October 2000)

I watched this because it has Samantha Mathis, my favorite actress, in it. What a waste of time, as others have said. There is not one intelligent character in this film. I defy anyone who has seen this to name me one.
The women are all pretty and dumb. Samantha, Chloe Sevigny and Reese Witherspoon are given nothing to do. Willem Dafoe, one of the world's smartest actors, plays a private investigator who is presented with dozens of clues to Patrick Bateman's guilt, and he acts upon none of them. If he were a real PI, he'd be starving due to his lack of skill at his profession.
The ending is likewise anticlimactic and bad. This is a professionally shot and well-acted film, I'll give it that. Christian Bale gives a very good performance. But why do we need to see this person's life ? What is next - a character study of John Wayne Gacy ? 3/10.