Storyline
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Directors
Cast
Josh Lucas, Jared Leto, Joseph Oliveira, Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe, Mark Pawson, Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, Landy Cannon, Cara Seymour, Reg E. Cathey, Matt Ross, Anthony Lemke, Bryan Renfro, Samantha Mathis, Chloë Sevigny, Guinevere Turner, Bill Sage, Krista Sutton, Stephen Bogaert, Monika Meier, Blair Williams, Marie Dame, Kelley Harron, Patricia Gage, Park Bench, Catherine Black, Margaret Ma, Peter Tufford Kennedy, Jessica Lau, Lilette Wiens, Glen Marc Silot, Charlotte Hunter, Kiki Buttignol, Joyce R. Korbin, Reuben Thompson, Ross Gibby, Christina McKay, Alan McCullough, Connie Chen, Brett Alexander Davidson, Peter Loung, Leanne Poirier Greenfield, Somaya Reece, Kate Steen
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Reviews
90
Film.com
Harron's adaptation of Ellis's novel is brilliant, probably better than the book itself.
80
Film.com
Bateman could have been much more interesting if he'd been played by someone who wouldn't need to work quite so hard (Charlie Sheen or Rob Lowe might have been fascinating here).
80
Chicago Reader
The slick satire cleverly equates materialism, narcissism, misogyny, and classism with homicide, but you may laugh so loud at the protagonist that you won't be able to hear yourself laughing with him.
75
New York Daily News
The real highlight is when Bateman and his co-workers compare custom business cards in a grueling, ego-shattering game of one-upmanship that is so linked to their sense of self it might as well be Russian roulette.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Christian Bale is heroic in the way he allows the character to leap joyfully into despicability.
