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If it falls short of the deadly satire of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, American Psycho still finds its own blend of horror and humor, thanks in part to a fittingly creepy performance by Christian Bale.
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The slick satire cleverly equates materialism, narcissism, misogyny, and classism with homicide, but you may laugh so loud at the protagonist that you won't be able to hear yourself laughing with him. Mar 28, 2011 | Full Review…
The slick satire cleverly equates materialism, narcissism, misogyny, and classism with homicide, but you may laugh so loud at the protagonist that you won't be able to hear yourself laughing with him.
Lisa Alspector
It's hard to summon up enthusiasm for a performance so rooted in bloody banality. I mean, as Patrick, Bale's most emotionally pressing dilemma is: Chainsaw or butcher knife? Mar 28, 2011 | Full Review…
It's hard to summon up enthusiasm for a performance so rooted in bloody banality. I mean, as Patrick, Bale's most emotionally pressing dilemma is: Chainsaw or butcher knife?
Desson Thomson
American Psycho is nearly perfect for what it is, but before we go on, we should ask what that actually amounts to. Can something with so rigid a thesis be a real work of art? Mar 28, 2011 | Full Review…
American Psycho is nearly perfect for what it is, but before we go on, we should ask what that actually amounts to. Can something with so rigid a thesis be a real work of art?
David Edelstein
It needs to be seen and appreciated, like a serpent in a glass cage. Mar 28, 2011 | Full Review…
It needs to be seen and appreciated, like a serpent in a glass cage.
Richard Corliss
Harron's Psycho reps an impressive reclaiming of dubious material. May 30, 2008
Harron's Psycho reps an impressive reclaiming of dubious material.
Dennis Harvey
Conceptually, this savage cartoon ends up as trapped in surfaces as its shallow antihero: it's all dressed up with nowhere to go. Mar 31, 2008 | Full Review…
Conceptually, this savage cartoon ends up as trapped in surfaces as its shallow antihero: it's all dressed up with nowhere to go.
David Ansen
As far as revelations go, the final twist in American Psycho is more bewildering than earth-shattering, but that's what makes it great. Jun 19, 2019 | Full Review…
As far as revelations go, the final twist in American Psycho is more bewildering than earth-shattering, but that's what makes it great.
C.J. Prince
When you're a white, rich man in American, you can get away with anything. Murder and rape? Go ahead! Commit at will because the world is your oyster. Oct 23, 2018 | Full Review…
When you're a white, rich man in American, you can get away with anything. Murder and rape? Go ahead! Commit at will because the world is your oyster.
Lindsay Pugh
I've always found Mary Harron's vision of Bret Easton Ellis's arch satire of '80s greed, excess, and grooming to be a lot funnier than its reputation. Oct 1, 2018 | Full Review…
I've always found Mary Harron's vision of Bret Easton Ellis's arch satire of '80s greed, excess, and grooming to be a lot funnier than its reputation.
Sean Fennessey
Like all great films, "American Psycho" is one you can discover something new in regardless of how many times you've seen it. Jul 31, 2017 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
Like all great films, "American Psycho" is one you can discover something new in regardless of how many times you've seen it.
Cole Smithey
A bloody, gruesome black comedy that's not for kids. Apr 29, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A bloody, gruesome black comedy that's not for kids.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A brave adaptation of a bracing book. Mar 28, 2011 | Full Review…
A brave adaptation of a bracing book.
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