American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)
by Mary Harron
(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Bill Sage, Chlo? Sevigny, Christian Bale, Josh Lucas, Justin TherouxDirector: Mary Harron
Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
Writer: Guinevere Turner
Writer: Mary Harron
Producer: Alessandro Camon
Producer: Chris Hanley
Producer: Christian Halsey Solomon
Producer: Clifford Streit
Writer: Bret Easton Ellis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Multiple Miggs-What did he say to you, Clarisse?
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok all you wanna be Siskel and Eberts you are SUPPOSED to, actually, review the DVD as well-extras, quality, bonus features you know that sort of thing. Obviously the plot is above in the description of the film you are going to purchase.
Everyone's a friggin critic or reviewer.
Summary of American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fianc? (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the film offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the '80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.The Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho, a dark, violent satire of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s, is certainly one of the most controversial books of the '90s, and that notoriety fueled its bestseller status. This smart, savvy adaptation by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) may be able to ride the crest of the notoriety; prior to the film's release, Harron fought a ratings battle (ironically, for depictions of sex rather than violence), but at the time the director stated, "We're rescuing [the book] from its own bad reputation." Harron and co-screenwriter Guinevere Turner (Go Fish) overcome many of the objections of Ellis's novel by keeping the most extreme violence offscreen (sometimes just barely), suggesting the reign of terror of yuppie killer Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) with splashes of blood and personal souvenirs. Bale is razor sharp as the blank corporate drone, a preening tiger in designer suits whose speaking voice is part salesman, part self-help guru, and completely artificial. Carrying himself with the poised confidence of a male model, he spends his days in a numbing world of status-symbol one-upmanship and soul-sapping small talk, but breaks out at night with smirking explosions of homicide, accomplished with the fastidious care of a hopeless obsessive. The film's approach to this mayhem is simultaneously shocking and discreet; even Bateman's outrageous naked charge with a chainsaw is most notable for the impossibly polished and gleaming instrument of death. Harron's film is a hilarious, cheerfully insidious hall of mirrors all pointed inward, slowly cracking as the portrait becomes increasingly grotesque and insane. --Sean Axmaker
The Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho, a dark, violent satire of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s, is certainly one of the most controversial books of the '90s, and that notoriety fueled its bestseller status. This smart, savvy adaptation by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) may be able to ride the crest of the notoriety; prior to the film's release, Harron fought a ratings battle (ironically, for depictions of sex rather than violence), but at the time the director stated, "We're rescuing [the book] from its own bad reputation." Harron and co-screenwriter Guinevere Turner (Go Fish) overcome many of the objections of Ellis's novel by keeping the most extreme violence offscreen (sometimes just barely), suggesting the reign of terror of yuppie killer Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) with splashes of blood and personal souvenirs. Bale is razor sharp as the blank corporate drone, a preening tiger in designer suits whose speaking voice is part salesman, part self-help guru, and completely artificial. Carrying himself with the poised confidence of a male model, he spends his days in a numbing world of status-symbol one-upmanship and soul-sapping small talk, but breaks out at night with smirking explosions of homicide, accomplished with the fastidious care of a hopeless obsessive. The film's approach to this mayhem is simultaneously shocking and discreet; even Bateman's outrageous naked charge with a chainsaw is most notable for the impossibly polished and gleaming instrument of death. Harron's film is a hilarious, cheerfully insidious hall of mirrors all pointed inward, slowly cracking as the portrait becomes increasingly grotesque and insane. --Sean Axmaker
Comedy DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in WILLEM DEFOE (a partial history)
The ReckoningRelease date: 2004-08-03; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)Disney; Release date: 2003-11-04; DVD
Best price: $13.00
Price in other shops:
Auto FocusKINNEAR,GREG; Release date: 2003-03-18; DVD
Best price: $2.50
Price in other shops:
Spider-Man (Widescreen Special Edition)COL; Release date: 2002-11-01; DVD
Best price: $4.10
Price in other shops:
Edges of the LordBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2005-01-04; DVD
Best price: $0.90
Price in other shops:
Pavilion of WomenDAFOE,WILLEM; Release date: 2002-01-15; DVD
Best price: $3.96
Price in other shops:
BullfighterGAIAM MEDIA; Release date: 2005-01-04; DVD
Best price: $3.89
Price in other shops:
Shadow of the VampireLions Gate; Release date: 2003-06-17; DVD
Best price: $7.38
Price in other shops:
Animal FactoryDAFOE,WILLEM; Release date: 2001-01-09; DVD
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops:
American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)LIONS GATE HOME ENT.; Release date: 2005-06-21; DVD
Best price: $6.44
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
Blow (Infinifilm Edition)NEW LINE HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2001-09-11; DVD
Best price: $3.69
Price in other shops:
American Psychoby Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage; Published: 1991-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.50
Price in other shops:
The Devil's RejectsLIONS GATE HOME ENT.; Release date: 2005-11-08; DVD
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion Collection Spine #13)Release date: 1998-07-15; DVD
Best price: $55.99
EquilibriumDisney; Release date: 2003-05-13; DVD
Best price: $5.54
Price in other shops:
American Psycho 2KUNIS,MILA; Release date: 2002-06-18; DVD
Best price: $4.14
Price in other shops:
![Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] Image](/images/Requiem-for-a-Dream-Director-Cut-Blu-ray-B00284BNKC-X.jpg)
Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]BURSTYN,ELLEN; Release date: 2009-09-08; DVD
Best price: $7.98
Price in other shops:
American History XNEW LINE HOME VIDEO; Release date: 1999-04-06; DVD
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
Reservoir DogsRelease date: 1997-06-18; DVD
Best price: $6.49
Price in other shops:
The MachinistParamount; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $6.94
Price in other shops: