Not very faithful to the book.....but good nonetheless

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2004)

American psycho {im talking about the novel}was released in 1991 under great controversy the pitch black comedy/social satire/yuppie slasher was condemned by feminists and was equally panned and praised by the critics.
In 2000 Marry Harron {i shot Andy Warhol} directed American psycho with Christian Bale as Patrick bateman.
And who is Patrick Bateman? Well hes 26 he lives in manhattan hes rich is handsome and has a very healthy physique hes materliastic and hes also a psychotic serial killer. But is the violence real or all in his head {i believe its real but form your own opinion}
Not as gory as the book it does have some good murders {paul allen comes to mind} interlaced with the killings is a hilarious satire of the late 80s, yuppies, materialism with also batemans day to day activities and batemans critique of his favourite bands {huey lewis and the news,genisis, and whitney houston}
It has some genuinely funny moments {in a very black comedy sort of way} but in the end of the film you come out with a sense of confusion. The movie also has a killer soundtarack {it has the songs "hip to be square" "simply irrestible""psycho killer""you spin me right round" and about 7 others}
Though it does differ from the book in many key areas {there missing about 60% of the killings many good scenes and chapters are romoved {such as "a glimpse of thursday afternoon""dinner with envy""workout in gym""killing child at zoo""valentines day"} It does however capture the tone and feel the book and Bale gives a dead on performance as Bateman.
So in conclusion
The ups
-good soundtrack -good performance by bale as batmean -good story -good atmosphere -good style and dialogue
the downs
-not very faithful to the book -other actors wasted
The bottom line
-Though it does have its flaws its a masterpiece nonetheless and a pretty good adaptation of my favourite novel
rating 9/10