A masterpiece!

Rating: Null/10 (16 August 2002)

Mary Harron's darkly funny, highly entertaining adaptation of Brett Easton Alice's novel "American Psycho" is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Christian Bale gives a powerhouse performance as Patrick Bateman, a seemingly harmless wall street player whose "mask of sanity is about to slip". His victims become larger and larger in numbers as his bloodlust becomes worse.
It works on different levels. It is a hillariously funny satire that pokes fun at the image of wallstreet yuppies, all looking the same, all shallow and mean sleazy and in Bateman's case, psychotic. It is also a pretty haunting look at the same thing. The best thing about it is an enormous twist ending that still to this day (after seeing it many times) questions me as to what exactly I viewed.
One thing I must say to anyone planning to rent this is that it is definately not for all tastes. Director Mary Harron tries to keep it from becoming a slasher film, meaning most of the violence is off screen, but it still is pretty grisly.