Ultimately disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (9 April 2012)

What could have been a good movie, was spoiled in the end, for me, by the very unsatisfactory ending. So, apparently, Bateman did *not* commit those murders? And everything had only taken place in his mind? I realize this is something personal of me, other people may love open endings. But I hate them. If only they had added another 15 or 30 minutes to the movie! It wouldn't have mattered too much what direction they chose for the new ending: he could have been committed to the care of psychiatrists, or the realization that he had not killed anyone *yet* could have set him off on a killing spree - either followed by his arrest or not.
For me, such an open ending leaves me with a "what a waste of my time" sensation. A sensation of being "cheated" out of an interesting film too, to some extent. But, again, this is personal. I'm sure that for many people it is a great movie.