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Summary: American Psycho
Review: American Psycho is the type of movie that is only for certain tastes. You like it or hate it. It's a good movie but it wasn't as good as I expected. It relied on sex too much in certain scenes to drag out the running time. Most of the sex scenes weren't necessary for the plot.Christian Bale plays Pat Bateman, a well-to-do exec with a dangerous nighttime actvity... he likes to kill people. The film is not as gory as one would expect given the title, but that doesn't mean it's bloodless (because it's far from that). The film does give off some black humor including a scene in which Bale tries to feed a cat into an ATM machine. Over all it's a real good movie. It's too bad it has too much sex or else I would've given it five stars.
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Summary: Good but not that good!
Review: Having Bought this movie yesterday I was so eger to watch and It wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. The Plot twist so much I just got lost!Christian Bale desevers critet for a the role of the seriel killer Patrick Bateman. ANd What is with the Business Cards?\ American Psycho is a flawed movie but it was interasting at times American Psycho:B-
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Summary: A Hideous Excuse of A Movie
Review: When I first viewed this movie, I sat in horror, not by the idiotic acts of gore on the screen, but at the concept of paying money to watch such garbage. This is by far the most incompetently directed, poorly acted, idiotically written movie in recent memory. Granted there have been bad movies, but this is the worst that's recieved so much noteriety. The actors compromise their performances, and you can tell why, they think that by being in such an "edgy and suspenseful movie that looks thought provoking" will get them an Oscar Nomination. They are dreaming. The acting of the supporting cast and Witherspoon is so horrible, it loses all potential for comedy. Bale's performance is mediocre, his 'intensity' in the most inappropriate places makes the film tense when it could be comical (The incident in the washroom is the prime example of a comedic opportunity squandered). The narration (provided by the idiotic screenplay) points to us the obvious, like when he peels away the face mask, we can get the message on our own, we don't have to be led by the hand when dealing with such a cliche. "Yeah, yeah, the mask symbolizes the true self from the one we all see; he peels it away to reveal his true self to the audience." We are not stupid, at least credit us with that much, and try to at least be a little more creative in conveying the message to us. Harmon slaps us in the face with that, she is assuming we are too stupid to comprehend this; she assumes that no sophisticated people will be in the audience, only the violence numbed horror loving teenagers that will think the movie is "cool" because the guy uses a chainsaw. It tries to kill two birds with one jack hammer, it tries to be thought provoking and even "artsy" by throwing in gratuitous nudity during his monologue. This was done to compensate for the lack of talent on the camera, behind the camera and at the typewriter. This film is pathetic.
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Summary: American Psycho: Bleeding with Social Commentary
Review: For those who don't know what to expect, "American Psycho" (both the book & film)can be quite a challenge to sit through. Sometimes I wish the film were given a title distinct from that of the book, because I can imagine numerous movie-goers hoping to see a film along the lines of the 6th Sense. To be sure, the film American Psycho is flawless, from the opening title to the closing credits. It is true to the book (minus one "controversial" scene) but more importantly, stands alone. As a commentary on materialism, politics, media, fashion, and consumer culture, it (correctly) points out that the true "Psycho" is not the Norman Bates in all of us, but rather the Patrick "Bate"man that is America. And the film delivers this message is a highly stylish, comical way that makes it both poignant and entertaining.
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Summary: Stop whining that it's not like the book.
Review: You're right; it ISN'T like the book; but if you stop comparing the two, you have a movie that stands very well on its own. I thought it was hilarious. These days, too many pseudo-intellectuals look for "meaning" in a film. I don't. I go to the movies to be entertained. Period. This film was extremely entertaining; full of black humor and 80s references, the cast sparkled and the dialogue was excellent, especially Bale's monologues about extremely cheesy 80s stars like Phil Collins and Whitney Houston. If you haven't read the book...or if you can forget about the book...and you're a fan of intelligent black humor...see this movie. If you're easily offended by satire, see Runaway Bride instead.
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Summary: A waste of time
Review: I love horror/terror/suspense -- all those movies. I waited with anticipation to see this movie... I wanted, I really really wanted to like it, and it just sucked. Many reviewers comments are ambiguous because they can't think of much good to say, but feel they have to. The movie was moronic. All that 80's humor, WOW! And another Kaiser Sose type ending. GEE! zzzzzzzzzzzz....
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Summary: Has anyone read american pyscho?
Review: It's not that bad for a movie that was obvisously only finaced because some fat hollywood producer was hunting for more copies of a 'gen X' black comedy fight club clone, satirical? sure it was meant to be the 1980's but we have progressed, the movie is naive of it stupidity. Christian Bale is perhaps the most tragic figure here, having altered his face and body so dramatically to play a role that spits him out onto the screen and makes him look like a tragic copy of Tom Cruise. If you see the film and you hate it, read the book, no print to screen translation can be worse than this, seriously.
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Summary: Perfection
Review: What really impresses me in this movie is the main character. Ever since I've red the book I`m completely in love with Patrick Bateman. He's the hottest guy ever!
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Summary: In some ways better than the book
Review: When I first heard "American Psycho" was going to be made in a film I was happy and sad. As we all know most films based on the book are usually not that good and the film version of Bret Easton Ellis's "Less Than Zero" was horrible. As it went from here and there and through differnt actors it finally came out. I have to say the film does justice to the book and even makes it a bit more enjoyable. For one thing there's less violence and sexual content than the book. Finally we get to see Patrick Bateman alive on the screen and Christian Bale does an amazing job. One of the faults of the book was that it was too long and draged on with the same content leaving the reader not so excited as he was in the beginning of the book at the end. With the film we see about how much one can take. Mary Harron did a great job at picking the right scenes from the book and driving the question at the audience..Is this all in Patrick Bateman's head or is it real? Although by not reading the book you miss classic scenes like Bateman meeting Tom Cruise and the U2 concert. However I'm not really complaining because the film did a better job than I thought it would. Another great one by Mary Harron!
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Summary: Some random sentence to get your attention.
Review: Mmmkay, I was trying to read all of the reviews but I stopped after realizing THERE WERE ONLY TWO VIEWPOINTS.. like the same person just assumed different alteregos. Anyway, I really enjoyed this movie (which if you don't know is based on the novel of the same name). The recreation of the overall mood one felt in the 80's (I lived through the 80's, but I was very young) was dead-on, men in business suits, yammering on about where they should "do lunch", no personalities. This movie is about one Patrick Bateman (get it? Bates? Bateman?), a handsome young businessman in the world of fast-cash, easy money. Despite his seemingly normal facade he hides something sinister. Something which makes him feel the need to murder in order to feel the slightest HINT of emotion or "shock". Okay, now I know alot of people here are saying the movie was about this guy, Patrick, losing his mind and eventually killing a homeless man etcetera etcetera. They think that it's about how... blah blah.. some guy is tired of his lot in life. They're missing the point. It's about how people can be so jaded that they don't realize who they may be talking to. In the novel it covers this. In the novel there are two scenes mentioned that nobody ever discusses. One involves the retelling of a cruise Bateman took in which everybody on board (save him, imagine that) was butchered with an axe. Another is where he is recalling a time in college where he decapitates a female coed and hangs her from a tree. Mmmhmm, so you see, he was ALWAYS insane.. he didn't BECOME insane. Well, that's that.. all in all I thought it was a great movie, but if they added that little flashback it could have cleared some of the confusion up.
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