American Psycho [Blu-ray]

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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.

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• ISBN13: 0031398203469
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The Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho, a dark, violent satire of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s, is certainly one of the most controversial books of the '90s, and that notoriety fueled its bestseller status. This smart, savvy adaptation by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) may be able to ride the crest of the notoriety; prior to the film's release, Harron fought a ratings battle (ironically, for depictions of sex rather than violence), but at the time the director stated, "We're rescuing [the book] from its own bad reputation." Harron and co-screenwriter Guinevere Turner (Go Fish) overcome many of the objections of Ellis's novel by keeping the most extreme violence offscreen (sometimes just barely), suggesting the reign of terror of yuppie killer Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) with splashes of blood and personal souvenirs. Bale is razor sharp as the blank corporate drone, a preening tiger in designer suits whose speaking voice is part salesman, part self-help guru, and completely artificial. Carrying himself with the poised confidence of a male model, he spends his days in a numbing world of status-symbol one-upmanship and soul-sapping small talk, but breaks out at night with smirking explosions of homicide, accomplished with the fastidious care of a hopeless obsessive. The film's approach to this mayhem is simultaneously shocking and discreet; even Bateman's outrageous naked charge with a chainsaw is most notable for the impossibly polished and gleaming instrument of death. Harron's film is a hilarious, cheerfully insidious hall of mirrors all pointed inward, slowly cracking as the portrait becomes increasingly grotesque and insane. --Sean Axmaker


American Psycho [Blu-ray] Customer Review


American Psycho stars Christian Bale as the status conscious Patrick Bateman, who is also a ghoulish killing machine. The movie satirizes the yuppie culture of materialism, using a modern day "Ted Bundy" serial killer. American Psycho is set in the 1980's and Patrick Bateman is a broker in New York. His colleagues are young men his age, who vie for the best business cards, restaurant reservations, ties, and suits. It all seems so meaningless and sterile as they arrogantly discuss what trendy restaurant to eat dinner at each night at a local club.

Patrick Batemen lives in a expensive New York apartment and starts each morning with a shower and narcissistic regimen of skin care. He is misogynistic, and self centered, spending time with same-aged colleagues sharing a obsession over classy business cards, designer glasses, ties and suits. His public personality hides a murderous rage at small frustrations. When his anger mounts then it is taken out on anyone, including his do-worker, prostitutes, homeless men and models. During the murders he plays music and critiques the songs of Huey Lewis and Phil Collins. Chloe Sevigny plays Patrick's secretary and Reese Witherspoon plays his fiance. Both are wonderful actresses and give the movie some depth. Although there are many murders in the movie, the actual killing scenes are not graphic, although plenty of blood and bodies are seen throughout. Patrick gets away with everything with his public persona - clean cut professional - just like Ted Bundy. Even as Patrick is loading a full body bag in the car a friend comes up and comments what a gorgeous bag - is it Armani? Patrick grunts and groans as he puts the body in the trunk and responds the correct designer. There is no one who really suspects him, and he has a lawyer who covers his trial when an outside detective starts asking questions. He is highly protected in a world of money and style.

American Psycho is a great satire on Yuppie culture.

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