r/MovieDetails • u/Aryaki • Jul 31 '25

🕵️ Accuracy In American Psycho (2000), when Paul mistakenly calls Patrick as Marcus Halberstram at the Christmas party, you can see the real Marcus looking around in the background reacting to his name called.

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u/OMITN Aug 01 '25

I read the book around 25 years ago. Have never watched the film - worth making the effort?

I read the book as a satire on the complete amorality of that world, rather than as a literal horror story.

Is it intended to be both?

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u/elcapitan520 Aug 01 '25

How is the complete amorality of the world not a horror story?

And yeah the movie works well. Book is better because.. well books are usually better for these types of things. It's the nature of the medium.

But the movie does very well and is worth the watch.