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Release Date:
14 April 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
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Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(210 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Christian Bale | ... | Patrick Bateman |
 | Justin Theroux | ... | Timothy Bryce |
 | Josh Lucas | ... | Craig McDermott |
 | Bill Sage | ... | David Van Patten |
 | Chloë Sevigny | ... | Jean |
 | Reese Witherspoon | ... | Evelyn Williams |
 | Samantha Mathis | ... | Courtney Rawlinson |
 | Matt Ross | ... | Luis Carruthers |
 | Jared Leto | ... | Paul Allen |
 | Willem Dafoe | ... | Det. Donald Kimball |
 | Cara Seymour | ... | Christie |
 | Guinevere Turner | ... | Elizabeth |
 | Stephen Bogaert | ... | Harold Carnes |
| Monika Meier | ... | Daisy |
 | Reg E. Cathey | ... | Al, the Derelict |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, drug use and language.
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Runtime:
101 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:R21 |
Brazil:18 |
USA:NC-17 (original cut) |
Philippines:R-18 |
USA:R (Certificate #37205) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R |
Canada:18A |
Chile:18 |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-16 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:III |
Iceland:16 |
Ireland:18 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:R(A) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18 |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
USA:Unrated (uncut DVD version)
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Trivia:
Bateman excuses himself from a conversation by claiming he has an appointment with "Cliff Huxtable". This was Bill Cosby's character's name in "The Cosby Show" (1984).
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Continuity: During Patrick Bateman's first meeting with Detective Donald Kimball, Jean brings Detective Kimball mineral water that he does not want. She sets the bottle of water and glass on the corner of the desk. During the conversation between Bateman and Kimball, the glass and bottle move from the corner of Bateman's desk to a slightly deeper part of the corner, and an ashtray moves into their original place.
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Quotes:
Waiter:
Would you like to hear today's specials?
Patrick Bateman: Not if you want to keep your spleen.
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Patrick Bateman: Not if you want to keep your spleen.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Entourage: The All Out Fall Out (#5.3)" (2008)
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Soundtrack:
I Touch Roses
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Did it really happen, or was it all a dream?Is there any explicit violence toward animals shown in this movie?
Is it true some songs were used illegally in this film? What songs were played in which scenes? If so, in what scenes were these songs used?
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Without a doubt the most underrated movie of the past decade, "American Psycho" is a piece of American cinema that shouldn't be missed by anyone, regardless if they do not like the violence (which does have its reasons).
Christian Bale gives a flawless performance as the troubled, deep down wannabe Yuppie who has psychotic, violent impulses. This is true acting here, folks. Not phoned in Tom Crooze acting. Some people object to Patrick Bateman narrating the movie [always a weak sign in a movie] and not letting us figure his motives out on our own, but if you watch closely, Bale shows us Bateman's vulnerablity through every minute of every day of his life. The movie is at times hysterical, as his character uses dominant Alpha Monkey behavior around the opposite sex. But again, it's all for good reason.
If not for Bale's performance, see it for the knife twisting satire of the '80's -- from the clothes, to the hairdos, to the music [I'll never be able to hear Phil Collins in the same way again!] The production value is rich in '80's nostalgia from the "Black and White" set designs to the enormous cellphones [how could we forget those?].
This is a movie that major studios are too afraid to touch. This is film making. Remember film making? When films took you on a ride in someone's life and you would walk away with a piece of their mind? American Psycho doesn't have any real morals or answers, but it shows the deep psychological insecurities some men suffer everyday. Oh yeah, and it was directed by a woman, so all you feminists shut up!