American Psycho ending explained: Was it in Patrick Bateman's head?
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Breaking down the ending to Mary Harron's American Psycho movie adaptation from 2000, starring Christian Bale.
Breaking down what was real and what wasn't in the Christian Bale movie.
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I saw Bateman as kind of a buffoon” – Mary Harron on American Psycho
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American Psycho' Ending Explained: Was It All in Patrick Bateman's Head?
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American Psycho (2000) - IMDb
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American Psycho Ending Explained: What Really Happened?
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What Does the Ending of American Psycho mean?
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In the movie American Psycho (2000), Patrick Bateman is shown imagining a shootout with police. This is a clever way of showing that the things happening in Bateman's head is fictional, because
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