“[Director Mary] Harron's adaptation of Ellis's novel is brilliant, probably better than the book itself”

- Peter Brunette

“American Psycho is another paste-up indictment of materialism, and worse yet, it’s built on ideas and connections that felt naïve and incomplete even at the time they were conceived. It’s a block of stale cheese”

- Tom Block

American Psycho

Based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel, the film takes place in the 80s and focuses on a morally and emotionally bankrupt broker turned serial killer (Christian Bale). Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Chloë Sevigny, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Matt Ross, William Sage, Cara Seymour. Director: Mary Harron (2000, R)