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AMERICAN PSYCHO


Man, what can I say about this one? I loved it. Patrick Bateman is absolutely the most irredeemable asshole I've ever seen in a movie and yet...I WANT HIM TO GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING. The songs in the movie are great, and the fact that Patrick has so many things to say about Huey Lewis and the News, Phil Collins, and Whitney Houston is super funny, considering his character is this asshole business man with expensive suits. Even funnier, perhaps, is the fact that he delivers monologues about these artists and their merits right before brutally murdering someone, just for kicks. Like, this dude is beyond sociopathic. For example, the fact that other people have better business cards than he does throws him into murderous rages. The end of the movie is kind of mindfuck-ish, and neither myself or people on the Internet can agree/figure out exactly what it means, buuuut...I kinda like that in a movie. Keeps ya thinkin. In summary: Patrick Bateman is a deplorable human, but I very much enjoyed his character. And he's played by a very, very ripped Christian Bale. Nice. There's some gore in it, but it's not so much a horror flick as a thriller.
Rating: A+
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  1. KCMaryApril 25, 2018 at 5:21 PM

    As much as I don't like horror/scary movies, you're making me want to see them! Great critique!


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