Bret Easton Ellis' dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s is brought to the screen in this unsettling drama with black comic overtones. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy Wall Street financier, is pursuing his own lucrative career with his father's firm. Bateman is the prototypical yuppie, obsessed with success, fashion, and style. He is also a serial killer who murders, rapes, and mutilates both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or reason. Donald Kimble (Willem Dafoe), a police detective, questions Bateman about the disappearance of Paul Allen (Jared Leto), whom Patrick murdered several days earlier. As Kimble stays on Bateman's trail, Bateman's mask of studied, distant cool begins to fall apart. American Psycho also features Reese Witherspoon as Bateman's girlfriend, as well as Samantha Mathis, Chloe Sevigny, and Guinevere Turner; the latter also co-authored the screenplay. Controversy followed the production from the start, when speculation that Leonardo Di Caprio would play Bateman sparked concerns that he would lure preteens to an R-rated movie. Di Caprio soon bowed out of the project, and original leading man Bale was reinstated. Later, a group of Toronto residents attempted to block filming in that city after Canadian serial killer Paul Bernardo claimed that Ellis' novel inspired his murder spree. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Audio commentary with Mary Harmon
Audio commentary with writer Guinevere Turner
The '80s: Downtown
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Disc #1 -- American Psycho
1. VIP Treatment
2. Fitting In
3. Detail Oriented
4. Reaching Out
5. Dinner Meeting
6. Topic of Discussion
7. Routine Stop
8. Not Finished Yet
9. Something Sweet
10. Keeping Control
11. Not Like Last Time
12. The Break Up
13. Animal Instincts
14. Strange Findings
15. Rough Day At the Office
16. On the Inside
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People...Wanna Get Caught
I'm Leaving
You Want Me To... Floss With It?
Is It a Receptacle Tip?
Never Date a Vassar Girl
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