A good but pointless misanthropic dark satire.

Rating: 7/10 (5 September 2000)

Perhaps the real value to "American Psycho" is the fodder it will provide for film critics and pedantic cinematic devotees. It is a slick job of manufacturing on Harron's part with a superb performance by Bale. However, the general film-going public will likely find it ambiguous, pointless, grotesque, and lacking the entertainment value of the real American "Psycho" by Hitchcock.