a cure for insomnia

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2001)

This is possibly the worst movie I have ever seen.The plot makes no sense, the production values are sadly lacking compared to what those familiar with the novel would expect and the supporting cast is totally wasted.Reese Witherspoon and samantha mathis get little screen time and Willem Defoe turns up briefly in scenes that seem to bear no relation to the rest of the plot.All this might be excusable If the titular character was credible, but he is not.Christian Bale overacts inexcusably and his American accent is pretty poor.He convinces the audience neither as a psycho nor an American.Mary Harron has dumbed down the novel and the character of Pat Bateman so that the intelligent manipulative sociopath of the novel is replaced by a socially incompetent geek whose escape from prosecution is the result of luck rather than cunning.