See this film just for Bale's performance.

Rating: 9/10 (30 September 2000)

I read the book before seeing the movie, this is an ok film. Christian Bale's performance is the only reason to watch this film. He IS Patrick Bateman, it's downright scary. He is one of the best actors of his generation. For example; there is one scene where Bateman calls up his lawyer to confess his killings, this is probably one of the most well acted scenes in film history. He goes through about 25 emotions at once, amazing. As for the rest of the cast as far as i'm concerned they were wasted. Especialy Willem Dafoe and Reese Witherspoon. Dafoe is a great actor he just dosen't have anything to work with. Reese Witherspoon is a good actress, but I think she was miscast. I also think Chloe Sevigny was miscast as Jean also. The book is way better than the movie. But this should be a must see just to see one of the great actors of our generation, Christian Bale.