I will even forego my distaste of nudity/sex in movies.......
....to give this brilliant cinematic treat the nod it deserves. Amazingly executed satire on the self- absorption,consumerism and soul-lessness of the greed is good decade the 80s was,this film has been in my top 5 for years.Oscar worthy (barring the lack of trust true cinephiles have for the academy) early performance by Christian Bale incites recognition of the Patrick Bateman in all of us.And we do have one. It may be dialed down in some,it may not be realized,but it's there. Knowing that to access certain parts of our psychological make-up would be fatal and wrong to our humanity,I love that in this book/movie we have a chance to indulge,laughing and screaming and vicariously acknowledging what time and money and failures and success can do. Unrealistic but highly intelligent,thought provoking,and,yes,viscerally challenging,this is a piece of art to the thinking movie buff.