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American Psycho (DVD, 2005, Uncut) 
American Psycho (DVD, 2005, Uncut)

 
American Psycho (DVD, 2005, Uncut)

Leading Role: Josh Lucas
Director: Mary Harron
Rating: Unrated
Release Date: Jun 2005
Format: DVD
Additional Info: Uncut
UPC: 031398176374
Product ID: EPID46418945
Description: A cunning indictment of the materialism of the 1980s, AMERICAN PSYCHO is Mary Harron's (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) and Guinevere Turner's (GO FISH) deft interpretation of the dark and violent Brett Easton Ellis novel of the same name. Christian...
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Movie Description
A cunning indictment of the materialism of the 1980s, AMERICAN PSYCHO is Mary Harron's (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL) and Guinevere Turner's (GO FISH) deft interpretation of the dark and violent Brett Easton Ellis novel of the same name. Christian Bale (VELVET GOLDMINE) plays Patrick Bateman, the personification of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s. Imprisoned in an inane corporate existence fueled by status symbols, small talk, and gossip, Bateman begins a bloody reign of terror on nearly all that cross his path. The film's gray and navy mise-en-scene is filled with chilly, vacant streets, hard-edged skyscrapers and cold interiors flecked with the latest technological gadgets and designer flourishes. Mary Harron's camera glides through these spaces with the undisturbed detachment of a shark. Bale is a razor sharp Bateman whose cool, predatory grace is only matched by the equally indifferent corporate world in which he lives. Even during its most hideous scene, when a naked, chain-saw-toting Bateman goes on a screaming rampage, AMERICAN PSYCHO manages to project a cold indifference that has terrifying undertones. Harron's film is a frightening denunciation of a consumer culture gone amuck with greed, materialism and a lack of nearly any charity whatsoever.

Credits
Producer:Chris Hanley, Christian Halsey Solomon, Ron Rotholz
Cast:Bill Sage, Josh Lucas, Matt Ross

Details
Edition:Uncut

Editorial Reviews
"...A satire of conspicuous consumption..."
Variety - p.34 - Dennis Harvey

"...An ingenious adaptation....Excellent direction and a set of self-effacing performances..."
Sight and Sound - p.42 - Tony Rayns

"...A mordantly funny and agreeably blatant satire with genuinely subversive bite..."
Film Comment - p.72 - Gavin Smith

"...AMERICAN PSYCHO is really brilliant in the way it takes the viewer inside Bateman's world..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
Box Office - Annlee Ellingson (04/01/2000)

"...Dead-on, kitsch-free period detail and a wonderfully agitated performance by Bale..." -- 3 out of 5 stars - A Satisfying Rental
Premiere - p.88 - Kerrie Mitchell

"[D]irector Mary Harron impressively mines the dark social comedy from this scathing satire of the 1980s."
Entertainment Weekly - Jeff Labrecque (06/24/2005)

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    Top Reviews
      American Psycho is fun, bizarre and ultra graphic
    Review created: 09/22/05
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    7 of 11 people found this review helpful.

    Yet another movie that I watched without any background knowledge of preparation... and without knowing what to expect, I was quite surprised and shocked as the movie progressed.

    Christian Bale plays Patrick Bateman - a 1980s junk-bond salesman who associates with only the most gaudy, flamboyant and superficial crowd. Bale does an excellent job portraying a chiseled, superficial salesman who takes tremendous pride in everything from his strength ("I can do 1,000 sit-ups") to the weight of his business card. Bale is as straight-faced and soulless as director Mary Harron could have asked for... and in doing so, Bale comes out looking like the ideal 1980s yuppie.

    Whats behind the story though is that Bateman isn't what he seems - as strange as his fascination with money and music, Bateman turns out to be a serial killer. Rather than turning "American Psycho" into a horror movie, Mary Harron instead directs the movie into a high-speed, thrilling satire... again, not what I expected from the movie.

    But, although I didn't expect anything that developed or occurred, I found it enjoyable and ultimately provocative.


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