Good adaption

Rating: 7/10 (1 August 2000)

Very good adaption although I would have liked to see the
scene at Dorsia when Bateman has no reservation and pretends to be someone else. It is a key element in the
book; one has to find out his limits. I also missed the urinal
cake scene. It is a vivid example of his emptiness and
cruelty. In fact there was to little of his relationship with
Evelyn in the movie. There could also have been more of
his voice on all the things filling his existence, clothing,
tech, women etc. Lack of this makes the movie a bit slow
paced.
It seems that Batemans attitude towards women was dampened in the film, in the book he is much more sarcastic and sometimes funny. I missed the comments on his secretary. Maybe it has something to do with the fact
that the director is a woman.
The soundtrack is brilliant and reminds me of Hitchcock.
The girls wardrobe was a disappointment, they all seemed
out of style, even for the eighties. Somehow beautiful girls
(Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis) loose their sex appeal. In general the over all look of the picture seems to
be suffering from a low budget.
Christian Bale does a wonderful job on being Bateman, his
vampire-like mouth and expressions signaling insanity are
very inspiring.
But most important: Thanks for not ruining one of my favorite novels.