Polaroid

The scouts

Finally, a revenge film that actually interrogates the genre instead of just indulging it—American Psycho's theatrical cruelty meets genuine moral ambiguity, which is exactly the kind of subversion that makes people uncomfortable in the best way.

Aubain demonstrates sophisticated command of tonal register and subtext, positioning Polaroid within a lineage of psychological thrillers that weaponize perspective itself, with the formal precision to make that argument stick.

The decision to genuinely *seat* the antagonist—not as a voice-over concession but as a fully realized perspective—transforms what could've been a conventional revenge narrative into something that forces the audience to do active moral work.

Reviews

Dante Aubain's Polaroid takes Patrick Bateman, and everything he represents, perhaps even more than that, and makes it anew, this time allowing the other side a spot at the table as well. In some ways, it is the familiar revenge drama, but looked at through the lens of American Psycho (as it is intended to be), the subtext comes rushing forward, creating a much richer work.