Not bad. Not bad at all

Rating: Null/10 (15 April 2000)

I had expected this long awaited adaptation to be a lot worse than it really was. Although it is obviously not for all tastes, I think it succeeds on many levels. First off, Christian Bale's performance as yuppie killer Patrick Bateman deserves high praise. Secondly, the detail and photography is very good. The story lags in some parts, and obviously some of the more graphic scenes had to be deleted. But as a whole, I think the director was very faithful to Bret Easton Ellis' novel. I only wish he had written the screenplay as well. Than perhaps it would have been better. Overall, not half bad.