American Psycho (2000) Mary Harron

Patrick Bateman is one of the executives at a top New York investment at his fathers firm. Throughout the film he shows signs of OCD, his apartment if very neat and clean and he takes extra good care of his body. Bateman doesn't like many people especially not his co-workers, he gets provoked and angered when his colleague produces a better looking business card when he takes out on a homeless man on his way home. Throughout the day and in front of people he knows, he hides his alternate psychopath ego, but as he struggles to keep in his emotions he lets slip some of his fantasies to certain peoples faces.

Bateman knows he's not all there, he claims there is no 'real me' and that he simply isn't there which doesn't seem to faze him. Infact, he enjoys his fantasies. The ending is left open for the audience to guess whether the murdering sprees he went on were actually real or just his dreams.

The ending messed with my head a little bit, i was left too confused. The ending was too open, i wanted to believe he was a serial killer but the scene where he went on his rampage, killed a woman after threatening a cat and then killed a security officer and police men i thought maybe it was taken a bit too far that he hadn't been caught.

I feel as though this film will help inspire me to portray part of my character for my extended practice. Patrick Bateman is a psychopath and my character isn't, however, I want the audience to question whether his dreams are infact his reality and left almost dazed and confused.