It's hip to be square...

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2000)

I think the thing I love most about this movie is that most of the people and critics out there really hate it. Good. This is not the type of film for most movie-user-friendly people out there and it amuses me so much to hear everyone say, "I did not understand it and was very upset over some scenes." Stick with your Julia Roberts movies and sit-coms... It was over a year ago when I heard Mary Harron was directing this movie. I had just re-read the book and that feeling of wanting to see this story was hitting me again. Then I read something about Leonardo DiCaprio had backed-out of the lead role. I should have mailed that pretty boy some KleenX. Relieved to hear this new young to-be-star Christian Bale was going to be our Pat Bateman, I started reading everything I could in anticipation of "American Psycho" to hit the screen. Anyway, the long wait ended this Friday (twice) and again this past Sunday. The movie exceeded my expectations. Bale was amazing, along with the rest of the cast (most especially ChloÃ« Sevigny who played "Jean"). I could not stop laughing and have been trying to tell everyone that this is a black comedy with a couple of gut-wrenching scenes. The point is that if you do not catch on to that early, you will probably not enjoy the rest of the film. People got up and left when I saw it for the 3rd time. Hahahaha. "Leave", I thought. The greed of the 1980's will never be better portrayed on screen and one will have to search pretty far to find a more unique story. Though I have been a big fan of the book for a while now, I will take nothing away from the movie, which is one of the rare cases when a good read is also a good view. I heard Hewy Lewis refused to allow his song to be put on the CD soundtrack after he heard about the scene (wonder if I need a new raincoat?) in the film it is used for. Hahahaha - Hewy have some 'heart & soul'...
psyCohn