Review of American Psycho (2000) by Jackson M — 20 Aug 2012

Now, more than ever, there seems to be continues films made from the adaptation of certain novels, the transition of literature to celluloid. Obviously, the transition can only be successful is the director shares a substantial vision of the source material.

However there is a reason why many express themselves through words instead of visuals, largely due to the fact that a visual image contains more consternation than a word. So, similar to Kubrick 'A clockwork orange', the question was asked "how do you make a film out of the book 'American psycho' ?", as the AP is regarded as one of the most horrific books ever written.

The answer to that question relied in Mary Harron, as her efforts display a great attempt in adapting such a difficult form of source material. Harron creates not only a great horrific film, but also a brilliant satirical social commentary on the cynical yuppie culture.

Furthermore, Christian bale performance is exceptionally brilliant, and I don't mean that by the generic way of categorizing a christian bale performance due to his physical transformation, but rather his mental ability in conveying a hilarious psychotic.