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Title: American Psycho [Blu-ray] (2007)
Format: Blu-ray
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Starring: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, and Chloë Sevigny
Director: Mary Harron
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 101 minutes
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Review of American Psycho [Blu-ray]

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Comments for American Psycho [Blu-ray]

• Posted on 2010-09-08
  American Psycho
  
  Whatever happen to movies without a message? If I wanted a Social message or a Message about Greed and the 1980's I'd pick up a Rag like the NyTimes or The Nation or some other Rag,The movie is over rated not only because of it's so-called description of the 80's(Wall Street-Another "80's" movie) but also due to it's lack of it making any sense,as much as Abstract Art Can be called "Art" I am sure others will disagree with me And call the Movie "Brilliant" and Factual. I say it's Just another so-called "Smart" movie where they were too lazy to write a Ending,but I guess it is hip not to make sense.
  
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• Posted on 2010-08-24
  Lacked focus
  
  ** REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS **
  
  In the beginning, I found this movie compelling to watch. We see Patrick (Christian Bale) as a businessman who's a little too smooth, a little too perfect. He's got this artificial voice that makes him sound like a DJ for smooth Jazz. And he's got the exfoliated, overly-cleansed, smooth skin to match. It was interesting seeing him peel off his beauty mask, like a literal mask of perfection he peels off when he gets home and his dark side emerges. This movie also pokes fun at the artificialness of yuppies.
  
  However, it quickly turns into one of those jokes that was funny the first time, but soon gets old the more you hear it. This movie suffers from being too repetitive. Even the murders get repetitive after awhile. Patrick feels competitive, then angry, then puts on a soundtrack, which he explains in great detail, and then kills...over and over again.
  
  I had two other problems with this movie, too. The first was trying to figure out what motivated Patrick to kill. Did he kill because he felt superior to others or inferior to others?
  He talks about how disgusted he is with the people he works with and women in general, which makes me think he kills because he feels superior. He even kills a homeless man who tells Patrick he thinks Patrick is a good man, which tells me he's disgusted by kindness and feels above that emotion.
  But then he also acts hyper competitive with his boss as well as colleagues, whom he constantly compares who has the better designed business card. And since he kills soon after these instances, it tells me he actually feels inferior instead.
  His needing to control women and tell them how to dress and act both spell a feeling of superiority (feeling disgusted by how easily manipulated they are), but also inferior in that he even needs to control them at all (like he's afraid if he didn't control them, they could easily control him instead).
  
  The second problem was whether Patrick wanted to be stopped from killing again or memorialized for his killing.
  Confessing to one man and pleading with his secretary (even sparing her life) tells me he wants to be stopped. But earlier he had talked about serial killers like Gacy and Bundy as if they were his heroes, so that tells me he wants to be memorialized instead.
  
  Because this movie lacks focus, it doesn't know which direction to go in or how to end, so instead, it cops out by saying this was all just a fantasy. The whole fantasy angle could've still worked had Patrick never been a part of the business world at all (and this is just how he imagined this world would look like), but he is a part of it, which makes it confusing to know what really happened and what didn't.
  Although I think Christian Bale is a good actor who makes interesting choices, this one didn't work for me.
  
  
  
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• Posted on 2010-07-25
  Quite entertaining - Blu-ray a bust
  
  You either like American Psycho or you don't. But the Blu-ray version, IMHO, is virtually identical to previous non Blu-ray version. What a waste of money. Get the NON Blu-ray version.
  
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• Posted on 2010-07-19
  One of the Darkest Films You'll Ever See
  
  I was intrigued by American Psycho when I initially heard about it. I didn't really know much other than Christian Bale kills a lot of people. Having watched it, this movie is probably one of the darkest if not the darkest film you may ever watch. It is very gory and quite disturbing at points. However it is quite thought provoking. It raises large questions about life and how one should live it. How we interact with others is a major theme of the movie. I was thinking something along the lines of Hannibal Lecter when I purchased this. It is not quite as thrilling, but far more terrifying in its insanity.
  
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• Posted on 2010-07-19
  Christian Bale was born to play this role.
  
  A perfect portrayal of someone who can seem "normal" on the outside and seem like he is just one of the guys blending in with his circle of friends, but on the inside has a darkness building up that he can't control and has to release his inner psycho into the world for everyone to eventually see because he can no longer hide it.
  
  Excellent movie. I recommend it. Plus it's cheap, so why not give it a try, you won't be disappointed!
  
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