A deeply incisive and satisfying film

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2011)

There's no need for another review of this film but I just had to write one to give it the praise it deserves. All the dark things bubbling beneath the Wall Street psyche, and the American upper class psyche in general, are raised to the surface with this film. It feels clear to me that all the executives shown in the film are very similar to Bateman, only their sociopathy is better hidden, obscured even to themselves. In Bateman the inner chaos battles for control with reality. He tells us that what's inside his head doesn't matter, but of course the inside and outside are blending together, driving his life out of control. What this film accomplishes is very rare. It approximates a message about the modern era without having to stick on some morality play or quest for political redemption (because, after all, on Wall Street today there is still no salvation). I was very happy to watch it.