American Psycho

Okay okay look… I know loving this movie as a man can (understandably) be a big cause for concern. So before you cast any judgement on me, let me attempt to defend myself first!  Okay, first and foremost, I’ve seen this movie now at least five or six times over the course of five years. The first time I watched it, I was almost completely unable to find the comedy under all of it. The first viewing I left confused and unable to appreciate it. But after watching this a few times now, I can confidently say this movie is funny! Is it also extremely fucked up? Definitely! But some of the dialogue in this movie (specifically from Bateman) is funny! Bateman’s obsession with status, class, money, women, and wealth is so over the top while managing to stay overtly deadpan— it creates this very interesting juxtaposition with his character. Also huge props to Christian Bale for (yet again) putting in the hours to successfully adapt such a great fictional character.  Second; the music choices are PHENOMENAL. So many great 80’s classics sprinkled throughout this movie. It makes it all the more funny that one of his obsessions (apart from murder) is contemporary pop rock lol. Very random but fitting. Third… Chloe Sevigny. An icon. Need I say more? Overall, i know this movie has some weird stereotypes surrounding the fans that obsess over it. Will I obsess over this movie? Probably not, no. It’s also important to note that there’s three types of people watching this: the disturbed, the ones who can appreciate the humor in the underlying commentary regarding toxic masculinity/social status, and the ones who can wrap their twisted heads around his thought process and worship him. I like to think I’m between the first two.  A 90’s cult classic that’s worthy of being as iconic as it is.