Is this really happening?

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2001)

What a brilliant film! I read the book and had serious questions over whether it could be pulled off on the big screen, but it sure was. The key to this movie was the casting of Patrick Bateman. I had heard that the role was first offered to Leonardo DiCaprio. Thank God, he turned it down! Christain Bale is just superb in the role.
The story revolves around a trader working Wall Street during the mid 1980's. He is your typical "yuppie" of the 1980's, totally consumed with himself and style. However, this yuppie is also on the fringes of insanity. How insane he is, you don't know, because he is the narrator. In fact, one of the great things about this film, is that you don't know what is real or what is playing out in the imagination of Patrick Bateman.
Many films have tried to capture the essence of the 1980's, few have done it. This movie achieves that and then some. It show what a truly pretensious, greedy and hollow decade it was. It was the decade of Reagan. People are so wrapped up in themselves, that they fail to see the danger that surrounds them and in fact might kill them. Great filmmaking, **** out of ****.