Goyaz, Arthur (March 21, 2023). "American Psycho Cast & Character Guide". ScreenRant . Retrieved March 21, 2023. Samantha Mathis as Courtney Rawlinson, Luis Carruthers' fiancée who is having an affair with Bateman

As a whole, the cards are much like their owners: potentially appealing at first glance yet predominantly unoriginal and flawed.

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ShortList Team (September 7, 2021). "The troubled birth of American Psycho". ShortList . Retrieved April 12, 2022. Nightcrawler plays with similar tensions, with Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) being so obsessed with success that he willingly engages in crime and remorselessly manipulates everyone (even the dead) to get ahead. Indeed, he does somewhat ‘succeed’ by the end of the film, leading to some viewers admiring his questionable but dedicated work ethic. Lazic, Manuela (April 14, 2020). "Twenty Years Later, 'American Psycho' Has Only Grown More Timely". The Ringer . Retrieved October 23, 2021. Since the mid-2000s, the film has attracted a sizeable cult following, [61] [62] [63] [64] which has grown in the 2010s due to various social media platforms. [65] Legacy [ edit ] Sequel [ edit ] While these films are often great watches, it’s important to remember that they are generally satirical. Overlooking the fact that their protagonists are often irredeemably despicable can create dangerous assumptions about the nature of success, masculinity, and individualism. No matter what the internet says, chopping up Jared Leto with an axe probably isn’t the solution to your problems.

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While liking evil characters or taking them out of their original context isn’t necessarily problematic in and of itself, ignoring or even romanticising their despicable nature to make them into heroes certainly is. Courtesy of Mary Cybulski, Paramount Pictures on IMDB Rather than being an emblematic sigma male, Bateman is a satirical depiction of what happens when men try to be one. The standards that accompany his lifestyle are just as psychopathic as he is. Stamping the sigma male label on Bateman is almost cruel; even outside of the film, he is trapped in his all-consuming lifestyle. Courtesy of IMDB Fischer, Russ (April 4, 2013). "VOTD: Huey Lewis Gets Bloody Revenge in 'American Psycho' Parody". SlashFilm.com.

He lives behind a mask of expensive beauty products, glamorous women, and cold charisma, terrified of losing the status he has achieved through conformity. This pressure forces him to restrain parts of himself until, eventually, they cannot help but violently explode.