I do not agree with Infofreako

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2003)

I loved this film. It wasn't a comedy but it was comedic in scenes due to the cluelessness and lethargy of the other characters. Patrick Bateman is a serial killer, plain and simple, but that is not the purpose of this film. The main character thinks that he can get away with anything because he is rich and priveleged. The movie was violent, but not as much of the book. However, I think blood and gore would have taken away from the overall satire of the film by turning it into a campy horror movie. The film had a not-so-clear subtext: The absurdity of the killer's actions and motives equal that of the rich, corporate, snob's. Does a world based on business cards, fancy restaurants, and affairs have any more depth than that of a self-obsessed, unremourseful, unhuman creature such as Patrick Bateman? That is what you'll be asking yourself at the end of this movie. I give it a 9/10!