2000 American Psycho film directed by Mary Harron — adapted from Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel — starring Christian Bale as investment banker Patrick Bateman — a savage satire of 1980s Wall Street masculinity, consumerism, and the hollowness of identity.
Creates the definitive cinematic satire of yuppie consumerism — Harron's adaptation makes Bateman's violence ambiguous (real or fantasy) and elevates the source material's critique of masculine identity formation through brand worship and status competition into a formally precise, darkly comic film.
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