As promised a review on american psycho. Sorry it took quite a while to get this out but this was one disturbing show and it was hard to disengage to get my thoughts down. I have seen some pretty disturbing shows, but this one has got to trump them all. This show will stay with me for a while as I am sure it will if you watch it too.
By day Mr Patrick Bateman is a suave financier with a posh job and legions of admirers. By night out comes the other psychopathic Mr Bateman which would make Jack the Ripper look like a boy scout. Those of you who are itching to get a glimpse of Mr. Bale bare essentials would be happy to note that this movie features ample helpings of scenes with Mr. Bale running around in his birthday suit.
A bit into the plot. The movie shows us the facade of the yuppie lifestyle and what can lurk behind it. Christian Bale does a good job ( as usual ) of initially portraying two different sides to his character which in the end is broken down and merges into one. This humor here is laced with barbed wire lashing out at you at every opportune it gets. The scenes where Bateman and gang are having a contest to see who has the best business card is oozing with sarcasm and beautifully carried out by Bale with his usual conviction to the character. The humor is dark and scathing so this might not be a show for everyone and some people might actually get turned off by it, but this reviewer liked it for it's originality.
While it explores the psychii of the rich and famous and later plunges us into a deeper and darker persona of it, the movie never gets preachy and doesn't present a nicely tied up ending which would have spoilt it. Kudos to director Mary Harron for a job well done. This is one movie I am sure that will not have fence sitters. Either you like or you don't.
Me, I like it.
Rating : 7.6/10
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