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American Psycho

Play trailer 2:02 Poster for American Psycho R Released Apr 14, 2000 1h 42m Comedy Mystery & Thriller Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.
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If it falls short of the deadly satire of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, American Psycho still finds its own blend of horror and humor, thanks in part to a fittingly creepy performance by Christian Bale.

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Stephen Hunter Washington Post It's about as violent as any R-rated movie in America. But it's a lot more boring. Aug 21, 2025 Full Review Dean Lamanna Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com It's to Bale's credit that this yuppie anomaly remains semi-watchable as the rest of the film slips into a comatose surreality. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 7, 2025 Full Review Adrian Martin The Age (Australia) A smug, monotonal, buttoned-down rendering of the one-gag novel by Bret Easton Ellis, it wastes the acting talent of Christian Bale and gives post-modern irony a bad name. Apr 5, 2025 Full Review Bob Strauss Los Angeles Daily News The whole thing, if you'll pardon the expression, cut deeper when you had to visualize it in your mind. Rated: 2/4 Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Randall King Winnipeg Sun Bale, an actor who is male-model-handsome enough to epitomize Bateman's cold surface glamour, is also smart enough to understand that the character he's playing is not just a monster, but a loser. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 15, 2025 Full Review David Day Horror Movie Talk I love the message, I love the presentation, and I love the story. The character of Patrick Bateman is as strangely relatable as he is totally alien. Rated: 10/10 Aug 12, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Wyatt K I just love being able to see old movies in the big screen. Being born too late for the great bands is a drag, but it's great to be able to see old movies in the way they were supposed to be seen. Love retro days. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Sid I love this movie! That chainsaw seen on the big screen was everything! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Flynn R Cristin ball half nakd. Hot acktr. Cristajn bale is hat. Signa. Great cumedy. Funnr tnhan atom sand lower. Only reaon why it idgn 5/5 is vfgause there no. Ryan Gosling. Abd instead lame jonker gjy as Pale alln. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/25 Full Review Arid S It was great, chloe sev was in this, and I didn't know until she appeared! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/08/25 Full Review Kornel P A cool movie to kill boredom. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/07/25 Full Review Alyson E One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by night. The cast is filled by the detective (Willem Dafoe), the fiance (Reese Witherspoon), the mistress (Samantha Mathis), the coworker (Jared Leto), and the secretary (Chloë Sevigny). This is a biting, wry comedy examining the elements that make a man a monster.
Director
Mary Harron
Producer
Christian Halsey Solomon, Chris Hanley, Edward R. Pressman
Screenwriter
Bret Easton Ellis, Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Lions Gate Entertainment, P.P.S. Films, Quadra Entertainment, Muse Productions, Edward R. Pressman Film Corp.
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Strong Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 14, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.0M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Dolby SR, Dolby Stereo, Dolby A
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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