American Psycho

2000 • 102 minutes

À propos de ce film

Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancee (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel, the film offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the '80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.

Notes et avis

Gruesome and twisted, this is actually satire on 1980s yuppy culture and the pursuit of all that entailed. If you're expecting a monster of the week flick or something akin to a Hannibal Lecter thriller, don't watch. If you want a dark, bizarre comedy that focuses on performance and wordplay over pratfalls and visual gags, give it a shot, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Having read the book, christian bale nails this performance as Patrick Bateman & the character is spot on. It obviously lacks the amount of dialogue from the book but I still think it could have had an extra half hour running time. Excellent film all the same.

A fantastic film with a stunning performance from the cast all round. Don't expect a high body count slasher style film as there's more to it than that. It ended a bit suddenly, though.