American Psycho
The horror comedy follows the doubled life Patrick Bateman; the Manhattan businessman by day and fabled serial killer at night.
26 December 1971, Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
2 November 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 June 1977, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 August 1971, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
22 March 1976, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
22 July 1955, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
3 March 1940, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
12 May 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
29 March 1970, Pointe Claire, Québec, Canada
6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, USA
4 March 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
30 January 1974, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
September 25, 2010
Mary Harron asks what's more unnerving - exaggerated, imagined violence or vacuous realities some wish to be real, psychosis as much in the construct as the character. Thus, "Psycho's" savagery goes beyond a simple screed against 1980s excess and greed.
March 28, 2011
It's hard to summon up enthusiasm for a performance so rooted in bloody banality. I mean, as Patrick, Bale's most emotionally pressing dilemma is: Chainsaw or butcher knife?
March 31, 2008
Conceptually, this savage cartoon ends up as trapped in surfaces as its shallow antihero: it's all dressed up with nowhere to go.
September 11, 2010
much like the 80's era that it personifies
April 29, 2014
A bloody, gruesome black comedy that's not for kids.
March 28, 2011
The slick satire cleverly equates materialism, narcissism, misogyny, and classism with homicide, but you may laugh so loud at the protagonist that you won't be able to hear yourself laughing with him.
March 28, 2011
American Psycho is nearly perfect for what it is, but before we go on, we should ask what that actually amounts to. Can something with so rigid a thesis be a real work of art?
November 20, 2010
The movie is elegantly shot, but based on what's on screen, it's hard to tell what motivated Mary Harron to direct this emotionally vapid feature
May 30, 2008
Harron's Psycho reps an impressive reclaiming of dubious material.
August 07, 2008
Harron' s incisive eye and Bale' s bravura performance carry the day.
March 28, 2011
It needs to be seen and appreciated, like a serpent in a glass cage.
