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Very,
very strange are the first words that come to mind in this dark comedy. The
movie is set in the 80s in New York City where a young executive apparently has
some serious problems. You see Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) likes to kill
people and even animals. But a detective by the name of Donald Kimball (Willem
Dafoe, Affliction) is on to him after the disappearance of another executive in the company
by the name of Paul Allen (Jared Leto, Girl,
Interrupted) who is not the Microsoft co-founder.
Bateman killed Allen and assumed his identity in the social circles. So
then Bateman continues to kill people, from a homeless guy to hookers. While
this is going on he is also trying to dump his girlfriend Evelyn (Reese
Witherspoon of Election) who just can't let go. As
I stated earlier in this review, American Psycho is a strange picture. There is
one scene that is all about business cards. In another scene Bateman tries to
make a deposit with a cat in an ATM. Plus the whole grittiness of the picture
stands out. The
film is directed by Mary Harron, who also wrote the screenplay, while the novel
was written by Bret Ellis. The rest of the cast includes Josh Lucas, Samantha
Mathis, Chloe Sevigny from The Last Days of Disco
(Jean), and Monika Meier as Daisy.
Last updated: Thursday, March 20, 2008 02:49:49 AM |
