Review of American Psycho (2000) by Jeef1523 — 08 Sep 2015

The american reality impersonated...or grotestically put on! American Psycho tells the story of Patrick Bateman living his "ordinary" life, with not ordinary desires, that lead him to brink of...who knows.

The movie's presentation is very solid and direct, as you unravel through the first 30 minutes what could be a extremely crazy psychopath.The plot, therefore, is great, showing how deep is Bateman's life, together with many stereotypes and the high class of the american life. The environment represnts very well the story, and it's questions it could bring. It may be confusing a bit, but it's conduction leave it up to the viewer to bring most of it together.

Probably the most intense representation of the movie is the caricature of each and every person, and how strange they seem when put together on Patrick's life. The script remains solid on that point, representing truthfully whom each one of them represents, even though some come off shallow or hardly representation of polished work on them. Despite that, the picture is clear on it's approach and shows great work from the director.

However, there are a few low points that can badly contribute to the conclusion. At few times the confusing tone of the last act performs weakly, lowering the blow of the conclusion the viewer develops himself. And despite brilliant performance from Christian Bale, most of the cast falls very short, partially beacause of the story, and partially because of the weak secondary characters that lead to less impact from the story.

In the end, the picture is very good, bringing up many questions and showing a character that could be a simple man, which lead to ultimately great conclusion.

7.