American Psycho (2000)

• Year: 2000
• Released: 14 Apr 2000
• Country: United States, Canada
• Adwords: 8 wins & 13 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/American_Psycho
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/american-psycho
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 2160p
• Language: English, Spanish, Cantonese
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
• Runtime: 102 min
• Writer: Bret Easton Ellis, Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner
• Director: Mary Harron
• Cast: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas
• Keywords: woman director, based on novel or book, serial killer, cult film, dark comedy,

	7.6/10
	64/100
	69% – Critics
	85% – Audience

American Psycho Storyline

It’s the late 1980s. Twenty-seven year old Wall Streeter Patrick Bateman travels among a closed network of the proverbial beautiful people, that closed network in only they able to allow others like themselves in in a feeling of superiority. Patrick has a routinized morning regimen to maintain his appearance of attractiveness and fitness. He, like those in his network, are vain, narcissistic, egomaniacal and competitive, always having to one up everyone else in that presentation of oneself, but he, unlike the others, realizes that, for himself, all of these are masks to hide what is truly underneath, someone/something inhuman in nature. In other words, he is comprised of a shell resembling a human that contains only greed and disgust, greed in wanting what others may have, and disgust for those who do not meet his expectations and for himself in not being the first or the best. That disgust ends up manifesting itself in wanting to rid the world of those people, he not seeing them as people but only of those characteristics he wants to rid.

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“I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.”

I’ve been letting my thoughts for this film percolate now for about twenty four hours, so before any more time goes by I’ll try to get it all down here. I thought there was something up with the picture when Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) and his cronies were comparing business cards for the first time. I got the impression that it was all a sham, that none of them were actually Vice Presidents of Pierce and Pierce, and that they were actually role playing the position of executives in anticipation of an eventual promotion. Bateman himself never seemed to do any work, other than having his secretary line up his appointments to meet associates or clients so he could spend additional time not working some more.

The bigger tip off that this was possibly all just an imaginary story was the ‘Feed me a stray cat’ scene. By this time it was pretty well established that Bateman was unhinged, but the question is, to what degree. Did he really engage in those prior killing sprees or did he just imagine it? Or a third possibility, was he envisioning what it would be like to go completely berserk if all bets were off and he could completely get away with it. By the time the story’s over, I think you’d have to be open to all these various interpretations, because in the ‘real’ world, you wouldn’t have a realtor showing an apartment where bodies hung in the closet just days before.

Going in, I had some trepidation when the DVD opened to a menu screen suggesting a splatter flick, and if I’m not mistaken, an image of a chain saw somewhere along the way. I’ve seen a couple of slasher/gore films in my time, and though I’m not that squeamish (any more), that kind of stuff does nothing for me. So anticipating a chain saw scene, I could only groan at the impossibility of the physics involved in poor Jean (Chloe Sevigny) taking a direct bull’s eye hit like that at the bottom of the staircase. Just one more suggestion that this wasn’t really happening.

And what of Donald Kimball (Willem Dafoe)? What happened to him? Was this Bateman’s guilt becoming manifest, either because of an actual murder or because of his own malicious thoughts? Generally I get really upset about movies like this because they tamper with one’s ability to follow a coherent story and come to a reliable conclusion about what happened in it. But then again, it’s got the word ‘Psycho’ in the title, so I guess all bets are off. Personally, twenty five dollars for a couple of drinks at a trendy New York City night club is about as psycho as I’ll ever get.

Grisly black comedy with unforgettable scenes

A controversial adaptation of the controversial Brett Easton Ellis novel, this is actually a brilliantly conceived movie that sheds new life on the disturbed world of the serial killer – and as such may be the most innovative “psycho” movie since, well, PSYCHO! Filmly embedded in a hilariously ’80s setting, this is both a thriller and a biting satire of the decade, with tons of subtle comedy and lashings of black humour to make the grisly subject matter a lot easier to digest.

It’s a wonderfully shot movie with plenty of memorable scenes, such as the infamous chainsaw murder, or the bit where Jared Leto gets an axe in the face. The movie works so well thanks to the strong acting which really makes it entertaining. Christian Bale is outstanding, a wonderful and scary and believable performance as a emotionless psychopath who realises that his own murderous inclinations are evil but is unable to do anything about it. His performance never falters for a moment.

Similarly, the supporting cast of quirky characters are excellent – Reese Witherspoon’s dumb-as-nails bitch; Samantha Mathis’s junkie; Willem Dafoe’s weirdo detective, plus a vivid array of minor roles. Although the movie is violent and pretty disgusting in places, it remains watchable and entertaining throughout thanks to the quirkily playful script and Bale’s engaging performance. Definitely worth a look!