A look at the enduring popularity of the 2000 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, American Psycho.
While not the first adaptation of one of the author's novels, American Psycho certainly remains the most popular Bret Easton Ellis -based movie. After 25 years and numerous rewatches later, it's easy to see why. Ellis' work first made its way to the screen with the Robert Downey Jr.
-starring Less Than Zero, an underrated gem tackling similar themes to Psycho, and later continued with 2002's The Rules of Attraction, which is technically connected to the Christian Bale-led movie, and 2008's The Informers. Based on the book of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho follows Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) an investment banker in New York in 1987 who leads a double life as a serial killer. As investigators circle Bateman after the disappearance of a colleague, he finds himself trapped in a spiral of murder and excess, unable to stop himself from giving in to his increasingly dark urges. Also stars Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon. Co-written and directed by Mary Harron, 2000's American Psycho puts its focus on Patrick Bateman, a New York investment banker in his 20s who enjoys a very comfortable life with a lavish penthouse and beautiful fiancée. Privately, Bateman spends much of his time harboring and acting on violent fantasies, sleeping with women he meets at clubs and prostitutes, only to subsequently harm or kill them. As the body count grows and his mental state deteriorates, Bateman's seemingly perfect life begins to devolve
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