Great but not brilliant

Rating: 8/10 (5 June 2000)

I did not really know what to expect when I went to see "American Psycho"; I had heard that the book was superior to the film and also differed from it in many ways. Well, in my opinion, the movie was great. The sterile atmosphere that dominates most of it is a hilariously poignant image of the Armani/bad music-hell that was the 80`s. Christian Bale as Pat Bateman is brilliant, his emotionless persona resurrecting the yuppie phenomenon and its trademarks in an amusing way. The script was fresh and funny and worked well with the direction. Yet something was missing... 8/10