It's a raucous, crazily energised, if occasionally slightly shallow epic on a familiar subject, conducted in the classic voiceover-nostalgia style with sugar-rush jukebox slams on the soundtrack. It's ironic that 'American Psycho' was initially criticized for promoting toxic masculinity, as it's directed by female filmmaker Mary Harron and can easily be read as a condemnation of Bateman's behavior, not an endorsement.I f you can imagine the honey-gravel of Ray Liotta's voice in Goodfellas saying: 'As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a stockbroker' you'll get some idea of Martin Scorsese's new movie The Wolf of Wall Street.

Both DiCaprio and Bale play characters whose public fronts and private dealings are vastly different both men can continue their deceptions thanks to their magnetic personalities. Watching Bateman graphically murder his obnoxious co-worker Paul Allen (Jared Leto) to the tune of 'It's Hip to Be Square' is hilarious and terrifying all at once. However, Bateman is also a serial killer who hooks victims with his charisma. He lives in a lavish apartment, attends fancy restaurants, employs expensive sex workers, and prizes his personal business cards. Bateman is a successful investment banker, and like Belfort he luxuriates with all of the benefits of his wealth. Belfort may have harbored disaster, but Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman is a straight up slasher villain.

The complexity of 21st trading should appeal to 'The Wolf of Wall Street' fans.Ģ000's 'American Psycho' addresses similar themes, again by using the corruption of the New York finance world and black comedy. Brolin is a very different type of villain, and his shrewdness is terrifying when compared to the upbeat energy that Douglas had in the first film. Winnie is understandably hesitant about trusting her father she seeks to build an honorable practice, despite the familial ties that haunt her reputation. However, the two are forced to work together when the owner of a rival firm, Bretton James (Josh Brolin), attempts to destroy both of their reputations with a scam.ĭouglas explores a weariness that tempers his initially charismatic performance getting away with malicious activities is too common to deliver any sort of thrill. Gecko sees him as another protege, but Moore doesn't want to associate himself with the infamous criminal. His daughter Winnie (Carey Mulligan) has distanced herself from her father, and dates the trader Jacob Moore (Shia Labeouf), an idealist like Bud. 'Money Never Sleeps' shows a more sympathetic side to Gecko.

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