A psychological and ambiguous piece that's as uncomfortable as it is satirical.

Rating: 6/10 (3 May 2018)

'American Psycho (2000)' an interesting and unsettling film that is never as straightforward as it initially seems to be. It becomes quite frustrating in its determination to not provide answers in the way in which you expect it to, though this is ultimately a strength of the piece. The watch is an uncomfortable one that uses its comedy as a tool to make you squirm rather than laugh, to wonder why such dark material is played with such a strange tone rather than chuckle along with our killer protagonist, and the 'funniest' stuff is actually the smart underlayer of satire that roots the picture in a knowing world of its own. The plastic smiles of self-important businessmen are there to be examined on a much deeper and slyer level than you'd perhaps expect, before they're carved off with a chainsaw accompanied by all the bloody B-movie splendour you could imagine. 6/10