American Psycho (movie)
2000 film directed by Mary Harron
American Psycho is a 2000 American satirical crime drama movie. It stars Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Chloë Sevigny and Reese Witherspoon. It is set in New York City in the late 1980s. The central character is a narcissistic psychopath who is an investment banker and serial killer.
The MPAA initially gave the movie an NC-17. Movie makers cut out 18 seconds so it could receive an R rating. The movie is based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis that is also called American Psycho.
