American Psycho

For the 25th anniversary of her satirical thriller "American Psycho," director Mary Harron expressed deep bewilderment while speaking with Letterboxd Journal. She noted how truly perplexing it is to see "Wall Street Bros" regarding her film's main character, Patrick Bateman—a sociopathic New York City investment banker and serial killer (played by Christian Bale)—as an idol. As GQ magazine proclaimed a few years ago: "TikTok’s toxic worshipping of Patrick Bateman is another sign young men are lost."
Harron further stated, "I’m always so mystified by it. I don’t think that [co-writer Guinevere Turner] and I ever expected it to be embraced by Wall Street bros, at all. That was not our intention. So, did we fail? I’m not sure why [it happened], because Christian’s very clearly making fun of them… But, people read the Bible and decide that they should go and kill a lot of people. People read ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ and decide to shoot the president. American Psycho” director Mary Harron marked the 25th anniversary of her satirical thriller by speaking to Letterboxd Journal about how puzzling it is to see “Wall Street bros” idolizing Patrick Bateman, the sociopathic New York City investment banker and serial killer played by Christian Bale in her film. As GQ magazine proclaimed a few years ago: “TikTok’s toxic worshipping of Patrick Bateman is another sign young men are lost.”

“I’m always so mystified by it,” Harron said. “I don’t think that [co-writer Guinevere Turner] and I ever expected it to be embraced by Wall Street bros, at all. That was not our intention. So, did we fail? I’m not sure why [it happened], because Christian’s very clearly making fun of them… But, people read the Bible and decide that they should go and kill a lot of people. People read ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ and decide to shoot the president.”