At the end of the day, The Lovebirds feels like a bad first date. You go in full of hope and a mind for flirting and fun and leave without a meaningful connection.
As we reflect on this modern phenomenon and our fear of it in film, we must be careful not to make the same errors as the media has made in covering mass shootings.
Patrick Bateman represents the horrors of addiction, hedonism, narcissism and greed – and with a dose of humour, he’s a character that remains ingrained in our pop culture landscape.