102 min – Crime | Drama – 14 April 2000 (USA)
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 from 226,083 users
Metascore: 64/100
Director: Mary Harron
Writers: Bret Easton Ellis (novel), Mary Harron (screenplay)
Awards: 4 wins & 7 nominations.
Plot Summary
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.
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Cast
- Christian Bale – Patrick Bateman
- Willem Dafoe – Donald Kimball
- Reese Witherspoon – Evelyn Williams
- Samantha Mathis – Courtney Rawlinson
- Chloë Sevigny – Jean
- Cara Seymour – Christie
- Justin Theroux – Timothy Bryce
- Josh Lucas – Craig McDermott
- Bill Sage – David Van Patten
- Matt Ross – Luis Carruthers
- Jared Leto – Paul Allen
Storyline
Patrick Bateman, a young, well to do man working on wall street at his father’s company kills for no reason at all. As his life progresses his hatred for the world becomes more and more intense.
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