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Overall Rank: |
638 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.86/4 |
# of Ratings: |
104 |
Genres: |
Drama, Mystery |
Rating: |
R |
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English |
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Director: |
Brad Anderson |
Actors: |
Christian Bale
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Michael Ironside
John Sharian
Larry Gilliard Jr. |
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A loaner who works first shift at a machine shop is trying to get a grip on what is happening to him. Is everyone after him or is it all in his head?
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Action Ace 01/20/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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4/4 |
Christian Bale remains one of my favorite actors with his unwavering dedication and impressive performance in The Machinist. Brad Anderson does a spectacular job creating a dark and creepy Fight Club-esque environment to deliver the film. |
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Chris aka Tarkin 09/21/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
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3/4 |
Dark and twisted and a stunning performance (and transformation) from Christian Bale - looking haunted and downright unhealthy, which definitely works in the film's favor. It moves a little slow, but the payoff is worth it. |
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10/10/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Incredible descent into madness |
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Let me get this out of the way first, the only mention I plan to make here about the insane weight loss of Christian Bale for this role is that he had to put it all back on and then add a lot of muscle to play Batman a year later.
The story is considered to be slow for most people. Personally I didn't mind the pacing of how it works. Honestly the pacing I feel puts the viewer into the tormented frame of mind that Trevor is going through. Everytime he gets even close to sleeping something always manages to wake him up. The lighting and the coloring of everything around him is an old and dreary feel, there are no bright colors, and nothing that can extract hope or happiness for the existence of the character. This is an amazing technique. By keeping the colors dark and even the tones very... |
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4/4 |
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10/06/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Ehhh... |
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I stopped this the first time my girlfriend and I tried to watch it, because I was so horrified at the way Christian Bale looked. It's sad when the most talked about thing with this film is the actor's weight loss and not the movie itself.
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He does do a great job in this slow, oft-times boring film. I'm not saying it sucks, but watch it early or it will put you out faster than Benedryl. True, the end is interesting, but it takes a while to get there.
In his last few films, Christian Bale has indeed proved himself to be an excellent actor, and has come a long way since that little kid in Empire of the Sun. |
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2/4 |
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04/19/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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A Modern day Edgar Allan Poe Story |
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The machinist unravels itself slowly and carefully until the very end. The acting along with good story telling created uneasiness throughout the movie. I felt like I was watching a modern day Hitchcock film that was based one of Edgar Allan Poe?s works. So if you like a mysterious plot with some strange characters the Machinist delivers.
The most surprising part was the weight loss of Christian Bale. If anyone had doubts about Christian Bale?s acting or dedication to his craft this movie put all of those doubts aside. He lost so much weight for this movie it was sickening. I couldn?t even recognize him at first glance.
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The movie is a modern day ?Tell-Tale Heart? by Edgar Allen Poe. His guilt eats at him, making him loose weight, develop odd OCD traits, and e... |
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3/4 |
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