American Psycho
The story is told in the first person by patrick bateman a serial killer and manhattan investment banker.
American psycho. Summaries 2 synopsis 1 summaries. Most of american psycho s criticism has come from the fact that it depicts scenes that are disgusting vile crude and immoral. He is also a psychotic killer who rapes murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. He is also a psychopath.
Based on the controversial novel the film offers a sharp satire to. More from this series clueless is a great. American psycho 2000 plot. Directed by mary harron.
A wealthy new york city investment banking executive patrick bateman hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent hedonistic fantasies. The film brilliantly distills the extremes of the novel and gets all the large concepts across successfully. American psycho is a novel by bret easton ellis published in 1991. With christian bale justin theroux josh lucas bill sage.
It stars christian bale willem dafoe jared leto josh lucas chloƫ sevigny samantha mathis cara seymour justin theroux guinevere turner and reese witherspoon. American psycho is a 2000 american black comedy psychological horror film co written and directed by mary harron based on bret easton ellis s 1991 novel of the same name. Taking us to head on collision with america s greatest dream and its worst nightmare american psycho is bleak bitter black comedy about a world we all recognise but do not wish to confront. Patrick bateman is twenty six and he works on wall street he is handsome sophisticated charming and intelligent.
American psycho is available to rent on amazon prime itunes google play youtube and vudu and is available to stream with a subscription to cinemax. Rather the film aims to portray the self indulgent and hedonistic wall street elite of 1980s new york in a. What these critics fail to mention is that the novel itself is a looking glass reflecting a society that is itself disgusting vile crude and immoral. A wealthy new york city investment banking executive patrick bateman hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent hedonistic fantasies.
Showing all 3 items jump to.