Bret Easton Ellis' disturbing novel is brought to the screen by Mary Harron. In 1987, twentysomething Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) seems to have it all: he is handsome, successful and engaged to the beautiful Evelyn (Reese Witherspoon). However, Patrick is also engaged in an affair with Courtney Rawlinson (Samantha Mathis) - his colleague's fiancée - and at night indulges in a confused orgy of drugs, pornography, prostitution and murder fantasies. When Patrick is outshone by a rival at a board meeting, he takes out his frustration by knifing a man sleeping rough in the street. This sparks off a descent into violence and madness, with Patrick embarking on a bloody and random killing spree.
Bret Easton Ellis' disturbing novel is brought to the screen by Mary Harron. In 1987, twentysomething Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) seems to have it all: he is handsome, successful and engaged to the beautiful Evelyn (Reese Witherspoon). However, Patrick is also engaged in an affair with Courtney Rawlinson (Samantha Mathis) - his colleague's fiancée - and at night indulges in a confused orgy of drugs, pornography, prostitution and murder fantasies. When Patrick is outshone by a rival at a board meeting, he takes out his frustration by knifing a man sleeping rough in the street. This sparks off a descent into violence and madness, with Patrick embarking on a bloody and random killing spree.
Patrick Bateman is a high powered Wall Street executive rich, handsome and highly intelligent. In many ways he's just like everyone else enjoying the excesses of America in the 80's. But unlike his colleagues, Patrick prefers murders and executions to mergers and acquisitions! Christian Bale gives a razor sharp performance as the yuppie killer in this the long awaited film version of one of the most controversial novels ever published. Also starring Willem Dafoe (from THE ENGLISH PATIENT), Reese Witherspoon (from CRUEL INTENTIONS), Jared Leto (from FIGHT CLUB) and Chloe Sevigny (from BOYS DON'T CRY), AMERICAN PSYCHO is by turns hilarious and horrific - an acclaimed, original piece of movie making that you must see and will not forget.
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