Satire based on Bret Easton Ellis' book of the same name about Wall Street yuppie Patrick Bateman (Bale) and his day-to-day life that involves exercising, clubbing, dining at high end restaurants, drugs, sex, and murder. Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner are faithful to the book's concept but are forced to go their own way with the story's structure, and they do it as good as anyone possibly could with such a unique novel; and Christian Bale will forever have props for bringing Bateman to life so perfectly, a character that could've easily have been mis-portrayed. Marketed as a horror/slasher/thriller, but those who appreciate its genius will know it as one of the greatest black-comedies of all-time.
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