Anna Massey, Christian Bale, Colin Stinton
Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. His every waking minute has become an unrelenting nightmare of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror--each of which is part of an escalating series of ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005
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Flixster Reviews (9,079)
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September 22, 2009The Machinist is a very good and thoughtful movie. There are a lot of subtle things that occur in this film that require your constant attention and a mandatory second viewing to fully grasp what is happening. This has got mixed reviews and I fear a lot of the negative is based...( read more)
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September 9, 2009"How do you wake up from a nightmare, when you're not asleep?"
An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanityREVIEW
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September 7, 2009The Machinist plays out like a dark nightmare, it's full of intrigue and suspense but is nothing like you're typical thriller. Bale really suffers for his art in a role that's more infamous than it is famous, people seem to know about the movie but many haven't seen it. The suppo...( read more)
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April 22, 2009Shove it alongside films such as Jacob's Ladder, Angel Heart and Fight Club. The Machinist is a film that delves into one man's mind and begins my representing everything as fact. It soon becomes apparent to us, but not the main character, that the real world and his own disturbe...( read more)
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February 2, 2009Very, very cool. A thoughtful film that plays with its viewer's mind, The Machinist definitely needs to be watched a few times to fully appreciate it. It's a visually intriguing film where Christian Bale is absolutely excellent in his role. Highly recommended to anyone looking...( read more)
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November 7, 2009Remarkable psichological movie. Reznik's almost unreal appearence makes him look stranger than his own unconscious's halucinations. Although it is obvious from the beginning that he has a psychological problem, the details are impossible to figure out before the very end, despite...( read more)
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October 31, 2009This was a truly once-in-a-life-time spectacular movie. There is no other movie I can compare this too. This is a movie that met and passed every expectation I had set for it. Christian Bale is some new kind of insane to put himself through such a grueling body change. The plot w...( read more)
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October 27, 2009brilliant twisty storyline, but having to look up the movie after to fully understand is interesting, if not too much effort.
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October 27, 2009Horrific and shocking. At times it's very difficult to watch Trevor's body deteriorate more and more. However, once you start watching it, it's nearly impossible to stop.
Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
December 3, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
It's one of those movies that you admire more than you enjoy, but Anderson and Kosar are clearly talents to watch. full review
November 24, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Mainly this is all Bale's show. He is strangely sympathetic, taking us right into Trevor's pain without any special pleading. full review
November 23, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
If grimly atmospheric studies in alienation are your cup of tea, you should find director Brad Anderson's dark brew especially tasty. full review
November 19, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The director Brad Anderson, working from a screenplay by Scott Kosar, wants to convey a state of mind, and he and Bale do that with disturbing effectiveness. full review
October 29, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
A stylish but fatally shallow puzzler that suggests a Twilight Zone episode filmed on the leftover sets of Seven. full review
October 21, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Watching it, I kept wondering: What, exactly, is the point? The movie sustains its ominous hum, but in the end, it doesn't really give you all that much to think about. full review
October 15, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Anderson tightens the screws of suspense, but it's Bale's gripping, beyond-the- call-of-duty performance that holds you in thrall. full review
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March 26, 2008BRAVO, BRAVISSIMO, ES EXCELENTE, SUS COMPETENCIAS SON NOTABLES, NO PECA DE AMBICIOSO, MAS BIEN Y CREO QUE EL SIN CREERSELO ES UN TREMENDO ACTOR DE NUESTROS TIEMPOS PRESENTES. ME SACO EL SOMBRERO.
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May 12, 2007this movie is really intersting! i can't beleice christian bale looked that skinny but as i was saying i love the twist and turns and the dark mood and the setting just sends chills up your spine! great movie
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April 30, 2007De início o filme surpreende pelo estado físico de Christian Bale, que está muito magro; é provavelmente a pessoa mais magra que já vi em um filme. Após o impacto inicial o espectador acaba se acostumando e passa a ser inserido num mundo misterioso, onde o personagem de Bale passa a encontrar regularmente um homem que apenas ele vê. O clima criado para tentar entender o que está realmente acontecendo é o grande trunfo do filme, criando um ar misterioso, e às vezes até mesmo macabro, que prende a atenção do espectador. Porém o final é um tanto quanto decepcionante, pelo lado moralista que toma e por algumas pontas soltas que deixa no ar. Ainda assim é um bom suspense.
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October 22, 2006great film if u likr american psycho you will love this. it like american psycho but with a twist
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