Totally unexpected classic

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2003)

Having read the book, and thoroughly enjoyed it, I have come up with an order in which to partake of them:
1.Watch the film. 2.Read the book 3. Watch the film.
In short, watch the movie to help you visualise the book, read the book to help you understand the movie, then sit back and question your own sanity as you actually laugh at the poignant Eighties Satire throughout. It makes Reese Witherspoons acting seem a lot less wooden for one, but the one thing that reading the book did for my appreciation of the film was to let me know things the film just didnt have the time or space to do-like the history of Patricks family, most notably the fact that he has a brother, who is so similar to Paul Allen (or Owen as the book would have us believe) in many respects, that Batemans reasons for not killing his own brother are as shallow and meaningless as himself-suitably hilarious too, but I wont spoil it for you.
But is it any good? Oh yes. It is very, very good. If not for being the first movie to incorporate Robert Palmer into its soundtrack, then for its sheer visual impressiveness, the crisp feel of the restaurant linen portrayed ON SCREEN! It looks fabulous, and the plot is, albeit shortened from the book, a very immersive one, with an ending as killer as the main protagonist.
A resounding 9/10 from me.