Our first time watching AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) blind movie reaction!

Our first time watching AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) blind movie reaction! Join us, your favorite reaction team, as we delve into the chilling and iconic world of American Psycho for the first time! Share our gripping reactions to this darkly satirical exploration of yuppie culture.
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🔪 In this gripping video, we react to the unnerving masterpiece, American Psycho (2000), directed by Mary Harron. We explore the chilling performance of Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, diving into his mind and his unsettling descent into madness. Prepare for a haunting journey filled with black humor, intense scenes, and satirical commentary on 1980s materialism.
⚡️Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
9:29 - Reaction
51:18 - Review
🔥 More about American Psycho:
A piercing satire of the decadent 1980s, American Psycho is a psychological thriller that delves into the mind of a Wall Street banker living a double life. Christian Bale's unforgettable performance as the psychopathic Patrick Bateman has become a touchstone of modern cinema.
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[@benntura]

Have you seen Paul Allen's reaction?

[@user-yz8kl7ic4l]

Hey Paul......aaaaaaaaaahhghhhh

[@americanandpinay]

I met Big Paul Allen in a Philippines' airport 2 months ago.

[@benntura]

@@americanandpinay No…..you didn’t.

[@americanandpinay]

@@benntura Buang ka. Ako pud

[@benntura]

@@americanandpinay Can you translate please? 🙂

[@tsmith5420]

seen a lot of reaction videos for this film and its interesting how people are calm when he kills the homeless man but shocked when he kills the dog right after

[@fenianbastard6226]

Was just about to say the same thing

[@mazi2646]

Probably eats animals too!

[@lloydhall16]

Pyschos

[@rinhyugaa6565]

I think that's purposely done to specifically reference the audience

[@czevzi]

The way I look at it, its better to kill the dog than to leave it alone without its owner.

[@LilGamez21]

"Sabrina don't just stare at it, eat it!" Lol that part always makes me laugh, it's so like wtf man.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Fun fact: Christian Bale claims that he based this role by watching interviews with Tom Cruise. He wanted to catch the phony charm combined with the cold predatory eyes.

[@JaiOfficial2795]

Did they not put it together that some of it was his delusions? ATMs don't normally say "feed me a stray cat" 😂

[@chuckh4077]

Mine did. I hate evil ATM's.

[@RobertPayne556]

"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME BACK, FLYNN!"

[@mjrose44]

I like that, because of the multiverse, in this film we see the Green Goblin interviewing Batman about the Joker being missing.

[@DCshandle]

lol so I’m not the only one who sees things like this

[@randywhite3947]

Also Batman kills the joker

[@sebastianandres8781]

Fight Club (1999) || Edward Norton & Brad Pitt Black Swan (2010) || Natalie Portman The Devil's Advocate (1997) || Al Pacino & Keanu Reeves American History X (1998) || Edward Norton Léon: The Professional (1994) || Jean Reno, Gary Oldman & Natalie Portman

[@BadgerBJJ]

Add… Run Lola Run, Se7en, Get Shorty, Thick as Thieves, Out of Sight

[@RobertPayne556]

Patrick going to the last remaining Blockbuster store, searching outside for the KwikDrop slot to return all his videotapes. 😂

[@paulamoya7956]

He owned the apartment building ( his father owned the company he worked at . That’s why he just wants to fit in. Nobody lived in the apartments in his building . Just him . His lawyer covered up for him bottom line . I’m sure his father has gotten him out of these types of situations before.

[@richardheinz]

My all time favorite movie line... "Don't just look at it... eat it!"

[@jonlandin2440]

The killings happened according to the book. The director admitted she made the end if the film too ambiguous and that she regretted it.

[@vahaneloyan]

It’s kinda perfect, though. I love the ending. I’ve read the book.

[@sammalla5238]

The ending is fine. It leaves the audience incoherent just like Bateman at the end

[@AudieHolland]

Not ambiguous at all if you're European. You can't explode a car by shooting the fuel tank. That's so 1970s. The moment he started shooting everyone, including the janitor, I just laughed out loud.

[@timcardona9962]

Odd thing for her to say considering there are multiple scenes where it is obviously fantasy.

[@bronzewand]

The ambiguity is absolute genius in my opinion..

[@MrSporkster]

People who never lived through the 80s will have no idea how relatable this movie is. For Gen X, it's practically a documentary. xD

[@gustavibrowzinbehrd3871]

O shit! Where’d you grow up

[@TTM9691]

Ha, you made me chuckle: TVs weren't "muffled" back in the day, and land lines sound clearer and better than cell phones (today as much as back then). In other words, the sound of phones has gotten WORSE not better in the last twenty years. It's just because it's a movie that she doesn't hear the sound from the TV over the phone (if he's even watching the video for real and it's not "all in his head".)

[@rinhyugaa6565]

I'm pretty sure it fits the theme of the movie that people are so self absorbed they ignore basically everything he does or says

[@1chubacca]

Thank you for the movie and book recs, Caley! Murakami wrote the Drive my car story that they adapted into the film. Not sure if you knew that. I recently saw Drive My Car and I was also blown away so I will now for sure take on your rec for Kafka on shore! p.s. I appreciate you both very much, not just your reactions, but also your in-depth discussions, and especially the way you treat each other. Your communication is something beautiful and inspiring. Peace and love from Croatia!

[@beevezeepe6615]

I always laugh at the reactions to the nail gun. It needs an air hose to operate and he did not have one connected. Those "underground alternative clubs" were not really "underground." They were trendy so a variety of trendy people would go to them. A new one would open and everyone had to just be there and be seen. A good example of that would be Studio 54, and with all the craziness that happened there, it was the place for all kinds of celebrities to be seen arriving.

[@anttyzale5455]

That is an early type air gun which does not need a hose to operate. That large ball on the gun is an air tank for compressed air.

[@GJH1010]

@@anttyzale5455not sure about that. He’d also have to push it against her head due to the countersink

[@verkpunk]

I work on a commodities trade floor. Half the floor has the title of Vice President. It doesn't mean they are second in command of anything.

[@n8er471]

Great reaction, I love the effort and thought you both put into it. This channel is gonna blow up!

[@112broadcastyourself]

observation @ 1:04:00 about Bateman masking his alienation with the regurgitated thoughts of others (eg on music) is so spot on for a first viewing! way to go

[@mothified1676]

16:17 to this day, the inner monologue of Peter has me on the fence. I cannot decide if this is a thriller or a comedy

[@vispian7688]

its both

[@steved1135]

I'd read the book by Ellis, and it was a hard read. Never thought it could be a movie. But this film nails it. I got to see a bit of the filming as it was done in Toronto and it was amazing. And for the record, it's not a horror. It's social commentary on Western materialism... although, that makes it horror... Great review. I love that you take the time after the watch.

[@americanandpinay]

@16:50 Patrick was VP of Murders and Executions. I studied under Bret Easton-Ellis for some courses, the guy that wrote the book this movie is based on. Waited a whole 9 months for him to talk about American Psycho. He hated talking about it at that time due to it being his most famous work and he wanted another hit, desperately...according to his anti-woke hit piece and memoir, "White". Anyway, there is enough clues in the book and the film to deduce that Allen was in, fact alive, and that if you pay attention to the first of the film Paul Allen is an older man, though Bateman doesn't look at him, and if you notice everyone can never remember, or let alone cares, about who other people are and they often just go along with the flow when called other people's names. So forget it all being in his head. Is Patrick Bateman really Patrick Bateman?

[@psiphibrandonhare7120]

@56:10 I got a little chuckle out of their review when they're saying that people leave comments about them being too young to not get references about different decades or other cultural items but when he's doing the exercise to Texas Chainsaw Massacre they simply say "oh a chainsaw man, idk that must be some sort of slasher or horror film." Lol 😆 🤣

[@vaasu6818]

I kinda had fun watching this movie it's kinda funny to me as well the way bale act and the last chase scene was definitely funny

[@MrGox]

Ayy gratz on 10k subs...Hope you channel grows. Just amount of effort you put in editing KZbin cut is impressive. Love the movie, u cant go wrong with Christian Bale.

[@SC_17]

Did you know that the red haired actress who gets killed under the bed sheets is actually the person who wrote the screenplay for this film?

[@JuicyBoyyyy]

He actually said what he said, it was just too loud for her to hear

[@Darren-sn4ki]

I love y’all in depth talking about the film ❤

[@razausman107]

It’s okay to kill a human but it’s not okay to kill a dog wow what great morals this guy has

[@jonbown1325]

I can't believe they don't know what the Texas chainsaw massacre looks like.

[@Vendrix86]

I think the chick doesn't know much of anything lol

[@kalakritistudios]

"But inside doesn't matter." Yeah, Chris Nolan saw that.

[@forex_shark6042]

You guys do great reactions/reviews. Keep it up!

[@alexandre588]

One of my favorite movies, I consider it to be a psychological thriller and a comedy. The vanity of Bateman is exaggerated to comedic levels in many parts of the movie. Upon re-watching the comedic aspect of the movie becomes more and more evident. For instance in every interaction Bateman has with the detective he is acting as guilty as humanly possible. When he salts his steak he is so stressed he pours the entire salt thing on it. And yet again and again, he gets away with murder (literally). Right after killing Paul he takes the body out in a designer bag leaving a trail of blood, and the only person to stop him does so to ask about the bag. Bateman is so guilty it is ridiculous, but the society he lives in is incapable of finding him guilty, hell it even helps him get away with it. Near the end of the movie, Bateman revisits Paul's apartment which he was using as a dead woman storage. However it has been cleaned out, even the bodies. Then he is confronted by a realtor, and caught in a lie. What I get from that scene is that the realtor lady cleaned the apartment to rent it out. It would be bad for business if it was known that that property was used to hide dead bodies, so she simply cleaned it without alerting authorities. When shes catches Bateman in the lie it became obvious to both parties that Bateman was the killer and that the realtor covered it up. They then depart with the understanding that it is beneficial for both parties to keep things quiet. And lastly the conversation with the lawyer at the end has 2 possible interpretations assuming the murder of Paul happened (which is very likely given the dialogue with the realtor). 1, the lawyer mistook someone else for Paul when he visited London. 2, the lawyer is lying to protect Bateman. Either way, the lawyer produces an alibi for Bateman that implies Paul dissapeared in London, not New York. Bateman gets away with everything, and the upper class people protects their own while living in excess at the expense of everyone else.

[@ATC43]

I don't know if you guys will see this, but I hope you do! I don't agree with all of the things yall say and I'm not particularly religious but I do think yall are good people and do a great job putting to words your interpretations and ideas from the films you watch. You two are a really great reaction couple and bring up great points! Having said all of that, I think a show(I know yall don't really do shows) that would fit perfectly with yalls knack for interpretation and deciphering metaphor is The Leftovers from HBO. It has very religious themes and deals with all sorts of philosophical, psychological, and theological questions and is one of my favorite shows ever, even as someone who is not a believer. I do really hope yall see this and consider it some time in the future, even as a Patreon exclusive. I would definitely sub for it and would really love to hear yalls comments on it. Have a great day!

[@migz_8894]

Its not just a horror..its a dark comedy your supposed to laugh at the absurdities and the repetition is silly even though the subject is dark

[@1ButtonDash]

it's an open ending. which is why people still argue to this day what really happened. Me personally I think it all happened, the realator cleaned it all up so she could still sell the place, the lawyer was playing ignorance on purpose because Bateman is his client.

[@tyguy104]

Christian played Patrick too well. The problem here is he is now forever going to be Patrick Bateman. You play a role super well like that, you cement yourself into it. Christian, you can be the Machinist, you can be anyone else, even Bruce Wayne. But in the end, you will be Patrick Bateman. i can't change that when you play a role that well, you cement yourself into it

[@tjuren]

He was watching texas chainsaw massacre from the 70s. You should watch it, extremely good 👍

[@PatrickBatemanPierceAndPierce]

Impressive, very nice.

[@jordanthenephilim7476]

43:17 you surprised me with that line about him being at a low frequency, pretty spot on

[@JonathanPersson1]

Trying to look for the movie/scene, impossible 🤣

[@jmurdock8303]

Y'all are a very intelligent couple. Y'all commentary makes me think. Keep up the good work 👍💪

[@alexandre588]

Oh, and the sequence starting at the ATM machine asking to be fed a stray cat to his confession on the phone is in his mind. An atm would not ask to be fed a stray cat and even Bateman was surprised when he blew up the cop cars with one bullet. The message he left on the lawyer's phone was a consequence of his mental breakdown.

[@deejayturtle]

Great f ing breakdown. After hearing your end comments I FEEL ON THE VERGE OD A BREAKSOWN! WoW, great reaction / review.

[@gwelland7]

I don't even feel like Paul Allen is real. It's like a metaphor, hearsay, a name thats thrown around like a 'person' people have heard of but don't even know.

[@JudoJonny5]

Every asset manager pretended to be Vice President of their firm back in the day. The same thing is hinted at in Wolf of Wall St.

[@cjpolett2055]

2h16m? I thought you uploaded the whole movie 😂 Excellent discussion and analysis, subscription earned, gonna watch your backlog 🤙

[@GeniusSays]

LOPES is not LOPS haha

[@Jay-pd9kc]

Congrats on the 10k !!

[@MySerpentine]

It's a satire of the rich and the '80s, and it's really rather savage.

[@pirbird14]

I'd suggest you review Swimming With the Sharks.

[@robertmortimer8288]

This is a satirical black comedy!

[@LpzAlejandro]

Y’all gotta watch ozark for one of your series

[@CoyoteWill664]

This lady in red is very beautiful, this guy won the lottery, you better keep her

[@EShelby2127]

Genesis (band) · Tony Banks · Mike Rutherford · Peter Gabriel · Anthony Phillips · Chris Stewart · John Silver · John Mayhew · Phil Collins ...

[@robmann400]

“When the audience doesn’t get the joke” [10:59] by CinemaStix is a yt video that will help you with the ambiguity of American Psycho which is a horror thriller second but at it’s cold, cold heart actually a very, very, VERY dark comedy. Read the book, it’s great. Thanks for making videos eh.

[@Syweezy2012]

21:29 thats the Texas chainsaw massacre

[@bunnytarot]

Darren Aronofsky’s “MOTHER!” 2017 with Jennifer Lawrence & Javier Bardem is a must watch on a whole other conspiratorial level. 🎥🍿

[@psiphibrandonhare7120]

Also a lot of people do a lot of speculating on this movie it's really not hard to figure out lol he's a psychopath who has schizophrenic episodes living in an environment and culture of narcissism, and on top of that is aware of his condition.

[@system3008]

I love these talking points. I've never argued with myself so much.

[@Losgdvde42]

The movie Patrick Bateman was working out too is The Texas chainsaw massacre it’s a good ass iconic horror movie one of the best y’all should react to it next pls🙏😅😂

[@greeklow71]

18:30 40:45 41:10

[@jin8684]

It's hip to be square!

[@thomasstone5572]

On the rich people having guilt thing you mentioned. I have to point out studies done on major emotional motivating factors within different societal groups around the world show that the main enotional motivating factor in Western Countries ( including the United States ) is Guilt. I don't know if this is because of Christianity or historical contexts, but it's very interesting that you brought that up. In other places like East Asia ( eg Japan, South Korea, China ) the main emotional motivating factor is Shame.

[@scottgibeault1717]

25:20 "Sabrina don't just stare at it, eat it". Ironically followed by "holy shit!". Hole(y) shit, indeed. "Hole"(y)...shit.

[@NocturnalVoice]

Great reaction 😎👍

[@cinnamon962]

And Christian Bale is British. 😂😂😂

[@doboi8121]

You should read the book, its short

[@a3gill]

When did we start competing to care the most about dogs? We've always cared about them, but it's become performative.

[@sarahespin5798]

What is “understandable” lmaoo

[@xondeez757]

he wasn't crazy. my personal theory is that they all covered for him because there is no merit in making a huge public outcry about them and their businesses. they would lose millions if they turned him in, so instead they just covered everything up. we all assume he is the only psycho but in reality many of these rich people are just as insane as him.

[@robovike]

Best satire?

[@alfreddreamer9097]

The more I thought about it, it makes sense that in this movie is the way it is. Its from the perspective of a psycho. Its Patrick Bateman's story. It makes sense that its hard to tell fantasy from reality.

[@ahmedgunner15]

you look like Shadee el Masry

[@nadeemkevka275]

She's so beautiful.. lucky man

[@boogieman6529]

Aren't they siblings

[@TheNeonRabbit]

A lot of Wall Street firms, especially in the 80s, saved money on exec salaries by offering them the "Vice president" title. If the guy wanted $300k they'd offer him $200k and the VP title. Of course they ended up with 50 Vice presidents but what did it matter? They all got their egos stroked.

[@alejandroblanco7369]

Yuppie culture isn’t high class culture just saying lol class culture is measure by charm ;)

[@hbron112]

Great reaction! You became the American Psycho. Confused; unable to determine what's real and what's imagined. For me, that is the point of the movie. Fortunately, for you, it will wear off in a short time haha.

[@justynazawadzka5802]

American Psycho is creepy. There is one other, really amazing and creepy movie that will make you feel uncomfortable. This movie is called Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006). Add it to your watchlist. You won't regret it. Alan Rickman in one of his best movies.

[@sem1conscious]

I think they're all VP's because they're probably kids of other higher ups. Nepotism baby.

[@johannesnilsen9649]

Please upload the mcu reactions on youtube.

[@vedantsingh1801]

love your reactions/reviews

[@hdtripp6218]

William Dafoe was directed to do multiple takes of each scene...1 take where the detective thinks Bale is a suspect....one take where he isn't a suspect and just asking questions....they then edited those takes together to give you that weird interaction between Bale and Defoe....where you don't quite know if Defoe knows or doesn't

[@redtailzephier4141]

U guys should do a criterion watch along, SO many classics u guys can discover

[@renangoncalves8760]

Salve meu mano, nice reaction.

[@BBayjay]

Is that a gram?

[@jinjerjunkie]

The murders and executions is a play on words due to the ruthlessness of the function of mergers and acquisitions as often that is used to kill off the competition in the business world.

[@billymuellerTikTok]

17:02 WHY??? John Wick it was the entire plot point that drove the movie... in this one it doesn't even happen, everything is a fantasy in his mind

[@skydetheking]

Its not a fantasy in his mind, almost everything happened, especially that. If you read the book you will notice how much more obvious it is that he wasnt hallucinating.

[@billymuellerTikTok]

@@skydetheking "in the book" Roy Hobbs strikes out at the end of 'The Natural', half the plot to 'The Green Mile' about the orderly in the present day old age home being just like Percy doesn't even exist, Red really is Irish and in prison for doing what Andy was accused of (killing his wife) in 'The Shawshank Redemption' and John Hammond is eaten by his own dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park'... this is a reaction to the MOVIE, not the book.

[@dixienormous5396]

@21:34 lmaooo y'all never heard of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? 1 of the most popular horror movie franchises of all time... ?

[@AudieHolland]

I dislike slasher movies but even I know that title. 'Bad Taste' by Peter Jackson was great satire though.

[@jasonm8017]

I’m from this era. Soundtrack? Over abundance, extreme! 80’s Awesome! I’ve cut my own hair sense the beginning of covid. Made a few mistakes along the way but I think I’ve gotten quite good. I can’t remember where I was going with this

[@jefffisher1045]

Is it possible he imagined the whole thing?

[@MySerpentine]

Maybe, but probably not. It fits the themes a lot better if he really did kill people but everyone is too self-absorbed to care.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Well the book rather clearly leans into this, especially the way the rampage towards the end is described. Seems surreal and at that point Bateman has already lost it completely.

[@MySerpentine]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 I'd say that the rampage was absolutely imaginary, but most of the rest wasn't.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

This was entertaining

[@patrickbateman7369]

So you FINALLY get to my movie!

[@rogeliolarronda]

Please don’t Google the movie beforehand, it’s better for the reaction if you don’t. You can Google it after watching it and react to the “fun facts” of the movie.

[@sonofyah_chosen1950]

The perstige is another Christian bale movie you should check out

[@kalakritistudios]

DEFINITELY

[@augiemesa9429]

One of my favorite movies of all time.

[@jackdarippa8119]

breaking bad.... do it

[@williamveres1720]

the whole movie is in his mind. First clue is thats its New York City, and their is not a single person on the streets, unless they interact with him (in his mind).

[@rinhyugaa6565]

No it's not

[@thomasjackson5204]

"is this before or after batman begins" ....lol! the answer is there isn't one . its both yes and no . i even think hes probably older than 27 in reality ..but in fantasy he is. it puts in the absolute insanity happening around them .. but they're too wealthy and selfish to even notice whats happening . ,...it means ..nothing!

[@flixandclips]

"I have to return some videotapes!"

[@cjpolett2055]

2:10:30 empty streets. Not that uncommon. He's walking around the financial district, which in any city tends to be all business and no residences, and when the work week is over no one has any reason to be there, even in a city like NYC. I once walked through Boston's financial district on a saturday night, you coulda filmed a post-apocalypse movie there it was so quiet.