Not just a murder movie; A study into human psyche or lack thereof.

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2020)

American Psycho elucidates that having strong and vibrant feelings towards things doesn't necessarily mean you are a "Psycho". Yes you are deeply flawed but so is every other human being on this godforsaken earth.
Patrick Bateman's character is almost too fun but too shallow at times. The way he was disappointed when Bryce favoured other card and how he was finally broken by Luis' business card. The way he let Reese Witherspoon let off because they were together for a long time.
The only thing the story doesn't give light enough is on the topic whether Bateman really killed others or not. The doorman, the prostitutes and that old lady outside the ATM machine. But, more than that I want to know whether he really killed that poor dog with the homeless man or was it just another of his "drawings".
In all, a tightly packed movie with some high points but other than that, it can be a good study but I think Dexter took the concept and made it to so much more. That is also based on book(s) and it was also based on a novel but I don't know how much it is accurate (I have not read the novel) but I am pretty sure the ending must be kind of different in the novel. Who's to say.
I give it 8.7/10