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| Release Date: |
April 14, 2000 |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Running Time: |
97 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, drug use and language. |
| Director: |
Mary Harron |
| Writer: |
Guinevere Turner, Mary Harron |
| Cast: |
Guinevere Turner, Justin Theroux, Cara Seymour, William Sage, Matt Ross, Josh Lucas, Reese Witherspoon, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Christian Bale |
Patrick Bateman is a hotshot stockbroker on Wall Street who has it all... including the urge to brutally murder people. As Patrick tries to handle the pressures of being on top of society, his inner demon is unleashed in a hellish nightmare of sex, drugs, and serial killings. Read more
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Movie Review
Grade: B+
Weird movies seem to be falling out of the sky a lot these days, and American Psycho is no other. You can read in other reviews how this is a masterpiece of 1980's social satire. All I will say here is that American Pscyho is not a horror film and it is not a thriller; it is a twisted comedy that makes fun and points out the problems in society, and what happens when one of Wall Street's upper class members loses it. Read the full movie review
User Comments & Reviews
"Murders and Executions", by DavidCyrus
May 25, 2004
Bateman describing his job as "murders and executions" is a totally normal bastardization of his real job title, "mergers and acquisitions". Slight changes to job titles, especially if they can make the job sound shocking or funny, is common throughout corporate America. It is exactly the kind of slang that rich Wall Street kids would use in the '80's, and therefore it shocks no one when he says it in the film.
I fall into the camp that takes every image in the film as "real", excepting only the message on the ATM. If the director had intended to show fantasized conversations or activities, he could have used a number of visual effects to at least suggest it.
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