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American Psycho (2000) Rank 3 Reviews
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Gary Jones
Bateman's scary shallowness is also demonstrated in the scenes in which he prepares to indulge in murder or joyless professional sex by giving those he is about to butcher or bed an admiring and pseudointellectual analysis of the music of Whitney ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Gary Jones
UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Christian Bale plays Patrick Bateman, Wall Street dealer and psychotic. He, like his peers, is completely obsessed with surfaces, narcissistic beyond all measure, and about as deep as a sheet of mylar (and his extended exegesis on the music of Huey ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (David Annandale)
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Movie Review: American
Psycho
Story: I confess to having a long time morbid fascination with
serial killers. So while I did not read Bret Easton Ellis'
book, I could ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
From the opening scene, showing drops of blood on a pristine white surface, we know we're in for... well, not your ordinary slasher flick. Turns out the "blood" is a berry sauce being applied to a plate of haute cuisine. And the mind games ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
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Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
An uneven movie that nonetheless bristles with stinging wit and exerts a perverse fascination. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
artechock (Ruediger Suchsland; Thomas Willmann)
Im ersten Augenblick strahlt die Leinwand so schneeweiÃ, wie noch nie am Beginn eines Films. Reine Unschuld. Ausgerechnet hier, wo selbst diejenigen, die Bret Easton Ellisâ Roman "American Psycho" nur vom Hörensagen kennen, das Kino kaum ohne flaues ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at artechock (Ruediger Suchsland; Thomas Willmann)
Film Threat (Chris Gore)
It's smart, frightening and funny. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Film Threat (Chris Gore)
Empire Magazine (Kim Newman)
The best imaginable film of very difficult material. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Empire Magazine (Kim Newman)
Daily-Reviews (Brian Matherly)
For once, a film has actually turned out to be better than the novel it was based on. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Daily-Reviews (Brian Matherly)
Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)
Bale is incredibly nimble, moving from cruelty to faux concern, preening to self-doubt. His meltdown is spectacular. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)
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At first, you believe this is a film about a New York dealmaker of mergers and acquisitions, who is a mass murderer. But after a while, some things just don't add up, and you begin to wonder if Bateman is really doing this, or just wants to do it. It ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Bale's achievement is in suggesting far more dimensions than his character would ever admit to having. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Matinee Magazine (Jason Clark)
It is entertaining and often very funny, even when you hope that director Harron will next find a subject that is truly worthy of her considerable talents. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Matinee Magazine (Jason Clark)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
A visually chilly but often very funny satire of American greed and conspicuous consumption. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
It is a fable, albeit a dark and twisted one destined to be praised by some, abhorred by others and turned into a cult classic by even more. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Here's the trouble: a faithful adaption of American Psycho would inspire mass walk-outs, maybe even riots. Publication of Bret Easton Ellis's serial killer novel was famously delayed when Simon & Schuster reneged on its commitment to the book (and a ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Deep Focus (Bryant Frazer)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Don't believe the hype: American Psycho is no more the most disgusting film of the year (as dodgy Brit tabloid News of the World tagged it) than it is the wittiest. Instead, it falls somewhere in between, neither bloodthirsty enough to trigger the gag ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It's just as well a woman directed "American Psycho." She's transformed a novel about blood lust into a movie about men's vanity. A male director might have thought Patrick Bateman, the ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
A savagely funny feminist take on just how dangerous stupid men can be. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Una de las más comentadas, ingeniosas e inteligentes películas del año ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Steve Rhodes
Actually the movie is directed by Mary Harron (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) and the script, based on Bret Easton Ellis's controversial and popular novel, is written by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner.In a masterful performance, Christian Bale approaches his ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Steve Rhodes
Mediajonez (Michael Dumas)
New for rent this week on the shelves of your local video store is one twisted movie. Now, since I haven't had a chance to read the book American Psycho, I won't add "based on a really twisted book." Let's just assume that we know the book was twisted as ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Mediajonez (Michael Dumas)
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The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Still, on that level the movie works well. Although it is a missed opportunity (Ellis's angry expression of the madness of the situation was more affecting), it is at least an entertaining deflation of white-collar stuffed shirts, and those guys can be ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Shannon Patrick Sullivan
But those who have sought to censor "American Psycho" have done so with little merit. This is not a movie about murder per se, and any intelligent watching of the film should make that obvious. Does the lead character, Patrick Bateman, kill people? Yes, ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Shannon Patrick Sullivan
Walter Frith
Patrick Bateman has another passion. After luring his prey to his yuppie pad in the heart of New York City, Bateman has the seduction going perfectly. Champagne in the bedroom, a pleasant atmosphere and he puts music on and critiques it in harmonious ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Walter Frith
James Futch
MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, drug use and language. Runtime: USA:97 / UK:101 / Germany:102 (Berlin film festival) Country: Canada / USA Language: English Color: Color Certification: USA:R / UK:18 / Australia:R James Futch ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at James Futch
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Bret Easton Ellisâ novel American Psycho was so disturbing and controversial that it had to scramble for new publisher at the last minute when Simon & Schuster backed out after having second thoughts regarding the murderous tale of an â80s yuppie ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
DVD Talk (Jeremy Kleinman)
This film is definitely not for everyone. It is filled with violence, real and imaginary. It does not offer the most satisfying of endings, a la Silence of the Lambs, but rather an uncertain one. The film is rather challenging and may not always seem ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at DVD Talk (Jeremy Kleinman)
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Movies for Guys
For me this movie flirted with a 4 star rating, I really enjoyed it. It settled down to 3 stars only because I didn't like the last 10-15 minutes. However, I must put the disclaimer on here ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Movies for Guys
Shay Casey
Christian Bale plays Patrick Bateman, a hotshot young Wall Street executive. Patrick is handsome and successful. He gets chauffeured around in a limo, lives in a cavernous, posh apartment, and throws money around like confetti. He also has a problem: He ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Shay Casey
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The year is 1987. Wall Street smoothie Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is preparing to meet the new day. As he anoints his buff-enough-for-Bay-Watch bod with an endless series of unguents, emollients, lubricants, and conditioners (who does he think he ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Bright Lights Film Journal
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Do you remember John Dowell, the defective narrator of Ford Madox Ford's masterpiece, "The Good Soldier?" Surrounded by infidelity, madness, suicide & treachery, Dowell lived a simple life with quiet pleasures until he recognized the truth about his wife ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Movie Magazine International
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Much of Hollywoodâs current interpretations of the 1980âs have centered around its silliness: 1998âs The Wedding Singer mocked the bad clothes, bad music, and bad hair of the decade, while movies like The Last Days of Disco, Boogie Nights, and ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Jiminy Critic (Mike Dean)
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Ultimately it all feels as hollow as its subject's ostentatiously avaricious lifestyle. ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Man Who Viewed Too Much (Mike D'Angelo)
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Bret Easton Ellis' 1991 novel "American Psycho" was one of the most reviled books of the last decade. The venomous rhetoric that surrounded its publication was almost as gory as Ellis' intricately detailed descriptions of murder and mutilation committed ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
I haven't read the novel which the film is based on, but those expecting a horror film - or even suspense really, are likely to find themselves disappointed. Rather, Director Mary Harron has created a VERY black thriller filled with a twisted sense of ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
We can take measure of our times by looking back and noting that when Alfred Hitchcock made "Psycho" in 1960, he said he shot it in black-and-white because color photography would make the film too gory. "American Psycho," made forty years later, is ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
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Mark R. Leeper
This is a sharp-edged black comedy
set in the Reagan era. In the high profit but
scruple-less, rarefied atmosphere of Wall Street
finance, one corporate vice-president relieves the
boredom with murder and ...read the complete American Psycho movie review at Mark R. Leeper
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