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American Psycho (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 120

Fresh: 79

Rotten:41

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Consensus: American Psycho looks good, but the satire seems hollow and pointless.

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) and Guinevere Turner's (Go Fish) adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's controversial novel distills the critically maligned book down to its ironic, satirical core.... Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) and Guinevere Turner's (Go Fish) adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's controversial novel distills the critically maligned book down to its ironic, satirical core. Wisely situating most of the novel's grisly action off-screen, Harron employs violence as a metaphor for the spiritually vacant materialism and corporate machismo of the Reagan '80s. Christian Bale (Velvet Goldmine) delivers a shining performance as the status-obsessed, psychotic broker Patrick Bateman--self-proclaimed expert in "murders and executions." Traveling amongst narcissistic, misogynistic, barely discernable corporate clones, Patrick spends his workdays obsessing over tasteful business cards, designer suits, and prime reservations at trendy restaurants. After hours, he dismembers prostitutes, models, transients, and literally gives a co-worker the axe in a series of increasingly surreal episodes, all prefaced by demented lectures on the virtues of Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, and Huey Lewis. Chloe Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry) and Resse Witherspoon (Election), as Patrick's secretary and fiancée, turn in strong performances, and Andrzej Sekula's stylish cinematography lends the film a stark, über-modern aesthetic reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange. While American Psycho does not venture deeply into the mind of its sick protagonist, it offers a sharp satire of the dark side of yuppie culture. [More]

Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon

Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Chloë Sevigny, Joshua Lucas, Guinevere Turner, Matt Ross, William Sage

Director: Mary Harron

Director: Mary Harron
Screenwriter: Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner
Producer: Edward R. Pressman, Christian Halsey Solomon, Chris Hanley, Ron Rotholz
Composer: John Cale

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08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

American Pyscho is one of those films that makes you laugh uncomfortably throughout and you just walk away feeling disgusted. The flick is definitely an underrated masterpiece.

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08/02/08
Kevin McCarthy
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05/30/08
Dennis Harvey
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03/31/08
David Ansen
Newsweek
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One can picture Kubrick handling this material with a similar elegant malevolence.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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It's a highly entertaining movie with enough edgy humor to prickle our senses.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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12/06/05
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Mary Harron and Christian Bale create an almost magical balance between the tragic and comic elements of this story.

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05/28/03
Beth Jones
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

American Psycho connects strongly in the moment, and has proven memorable over time, for the vivid impressions it makes in tone as well as look, its potent blends of sound and image, its unusual if erratic points of entry into potentially stock cha

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01/10/03
Nick Davis
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It's smart, frightening and funny.

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12/08/02
Chris Gore
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The problem, again, is the book, an insurmountable obstacle. If Harron and Turner had set out to make a real movie on these themes, they would never have started from a script like this.

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12/02/02
Tony Rayns
Sight and Sound

At once a sharp satire and an earnest study in the deadly consequences of moral vacancy.

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10/29/02
Ella Taylor
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