YE. When you said it was misogynistic I looked more into that and . . . the author of the book had literally said in an interview, "It clarified that the novel was actually a critique of male behavior." And that the movie was actually written by w o m e n .
More than Patrick being a toxic straight white man, he's supposed to be the embodiment of toxic success and privilege, and all the baggage that comes wiTh those things.