Plot as skinny as Bale

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2004)

Just saw this as part of the Leeds International Film Festival. Trailers looked great and I love everything Bale does, so I had pretty high expectations... Positives about the movie: Bale really outdid himself dropping all those pounds; Bale's acting is great - several times found myself cringing as he descended into madness; cinematography was excellent with a very interesting visual "tint" about the entire film; machine shop set was perfectly surreal; (I must admit) JJ Leigh's nude scenes. Negatives about the movie: Predictable, predictable, predictable - although I was interested in the ride I knew where it was going far before the reveal. The plot seemed hatched out of the offspring of other films that have done it better: Secret Window being the most recent foray. All in all, it was an interesting viewing, but I'll take American Psycho over this any day.