The problem, again, is the book, an insurmountable obstacle. If Harron and Turner had set out to make a real movie on these themes, they would never have started from a script like this.
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12/02/02
American Psycho (2000)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:80
Rotten:41
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: American Psycho looks good, but the satire seems hollow and pointless.
Synopsis: Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) and Guinevere Turner's (Go Fish) adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's controversial novel distills the critically maligned book down to its ironic, satirical core.... [More]
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Mary Harron
Reviews for American Psycho
21 - 40 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
At once a sharp satire and an earnest study in the deadly consequences of moral vacancy.
10/29/02
This film isn't for everyone. But those who can stomach it will find it a chilling glimpse into a serious psychological disorder.
10/21/02
Comes across as cold to the core, as if untouched by human hands.
10/15/02
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09/10/02
...less a noble failure than a very minor miracle.
08/29/02
A chilling indictment of the eighties.
08/02/02
Funny-one-minute, horrifying-the-next film.
06/18/02
When not bludgeoning a business rival with an ax, well-heeled killer Patrick Bateman bludgeons the audience with the film’s messages.
06/15/02
Really brilliant in the way it takes the viewer inside Bateman's world.
06/05/02
A diretora Mary Harron desempenha admiravelmente bem seu papel, criando um encadeamento lógico que, analisado em retrospecto, expõe a linha de raciocínio de Bateman.
05/31/02
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03/24/02
Top CriticA well-crafted yet essentially innocuous period piece.
03/19/02
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02/28/02
Decidedly out of date.
02/06/02
It is entertaining and often very funny, even when you hope that director Harron will next find a subject that is truly worthy of her considerable talents.
02/06/02
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12/10/01
If you are offended by purposeless terrible deeds and unrepentant evil, skip it. Otherwise, it's a great movie to chat about over a nice, fluffy dessert.
06/14/01
An uneven movie that nonetheless bristles with stinging wit and exerts a perverse fascination.
05/10/01
If all of Ellis's characters more or less stay the same, Harron's film suggests that, like the '80s, Bateman to shall pass.
05/02/01
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