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American Psycho

Name: American Psycho
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Released: 2000
Duration: 102 min

2000 · 102 min · Thriller

A vain, immaculate 1980s Wall Street investment banker hides a monstrous appetite for violence beneath his polished surface, his savagery blurring with delusion. Mary Harron's razor-sharp satire of yuppie greed and emptiness.

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Mary Harron’s Canadian-led satire turns 1980s Manhattan finance, status consumption, and Wall Street identity into its complete social world.

Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Thriller · Drama · Crime
Mood: tense · thoughtful
Entry: easy entry
Best for: first visit

Content notes: violence or threat Non-exhaustive

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