Destined to be a cult classic

Rating: 10/10 (19 April 2000)

Anais Nin wrote, "What we cannot see within ourselves, what we cannot seize within ourselves, we project outside. A great part of our life is an invention to avoid confrontation with our deepest self." She could have been writing about AMERICAN PSYCHO.
Norman Bates in PSYCHO was isolated, the product of a dysfunctional family, a mad serial killer. Patrick Bateson (get it?) in AMERICAN PSYCHO is socialized, the product of a dysfunctional society.
This is no movie for John and Jane Doe but it IS destined for cult classic status, with its rich visualization of the Bret Easton Ellis novel and with one of the great performances of all time, by Christian Bale.