The best black comedy ever made

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2014)

When it was first released, I avoided this picture because I was sure it was a slasher movie and I had read and heard the book wallowed in the most obscene kind of violence. I finally caught this movie on television and have seen it countless times.
Mary Harron brilliantly circumvented the gore by making the movie a satire on American greed during the 1980's. Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, the quintessential hollow man, gives one of the most amazing performances in the history of movies. Why he didn't win an Oscar, I'll never know. He makes Patrick Bateman as memorable and tortured a monster as Norma Desmond in 'Sunset Boulevard.' Patrick is the 27-year-old CEO of a company whose obsession with status has turned him psychotic. He is a sociopath who embodies the meaning of the term 'cutthroat' by literally hacking the competition to death. He's a narcissist whose rabid drive for physical perfection and financial success have made him extremely dangerous.
Aside from Bale, the entire cast is excellent and the dialogue and cinematography make this a perfect film. Highly under-rated.