American Psycho (R) 7.5

American Psycho: 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. (7.7)

Director: Mary Harron
Writers: Bret Easton Ellis (novel), Mary Harron (screenplay)
Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas

If you are going to watch this movie, don't read about it; just watch it. Then make up your own mind. It is just brilliant. If you are still reading this, then I guess, you've seen it. Yes, there are lots of posts all over the net about the ending of this movie. It is left open, so you are invited to think about it and make up your own mind. I tend to be on the camp that thinks that it was all in his head. I loved the way they used the 80's music as punch lines throughout movie. It is dark humor at its best--looking at the materialistic world and laughing at it. This is exactly what's wrong with our culture today. No matter how dark and psychotic people are on the inside, as long as they are prim and sugar-coated on the outside, we take them to be the good guys. My Rating: 7.5