American Psycho (movie)

American Psycho is a 2000 American satirical crime drama movie. It stars Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Chloë Sevigny and Reese Witherspoon. It is set in New York City in the late 1980s. The central character is an investment banker who is quickly revealed to be a serial killer, balancing his life of maintaining an upper-class, socialite image while managing his unraveling mental state. The movie is based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis that is also called American Psycho.

In 1987, Manhattan investment banker Patrick Bateman lives a double life as a wealthy Wall Street executive and a serial killer. Obsessed with status and appearance, he becomes increasingly unstable while committing violent crimes against colleagues, sex workers, and strangers. After murdering co-worker Paul Allen, Bateman struggles to hide his actions as detective Donald Kimball investigates Allen’s disappearance. Bateman later confesses his crimes to his lawyer, who dismisses the confession as a joke, leaving it unclear whether the murders truly happened or were part of Bateman’s delusions.^[1]

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