The Machinist (2004)
Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. His every waking minute has become an unremitting nightmare of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror - each of which is part of an escalating series of clues that will lead to the source of his mysterious affliction. (Paramount Classics)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Brad Anderson
Written By: Scott Kosar
Starring: Michael Ironside, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christian Bale, Reg E. Cathey, Anna Massey, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Colin Stinton, John Sharian, James DePaul
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
AKA: El Maquinista
Country: Spain
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Tweedale | 5 31% |
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Totally summed up by the quote on the DVD cover: "Fight Club meets Memento". Well, if they added "but not really as good" afterwards it would have been more accurate.
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| 2 | nJoy | 80 79% |
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Another great performance by Christian Bale, who is close to being my favorite actor. The movie itself was more than decent, it's intriguing from the first couple of minutes until the end, you can't stop watching once you've started. The ending was a bit too predictable unfortunately, otherwise this could have been a classic.
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TheDenizen | 85 91% |
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Christian Bale as a skinny weird guy who hasn't slept in a year and perceives all kinds of vaguely menacing strangeness around him. Fascinating mystery and an unnerving journey into the subconscious mind, with awesome Hitchcock-like use of music to heighten the tension. The ending holds your hand a little, but overall it comes across like a great episode of the Twilight Zone.
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Etheriel | 84 84% |
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Twists have been handled much better, but this thriller isn't really about the twist. What you'll remember is the disturbing sense of paranoia that permeates each scene, each character, and each repeated image from beginning to end.
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| 2 | BrokenTooth | 92 76% |
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Very interesting and Bale totally rules. I hate the nice prostitute, I'm sick of them. I want a whore with a heart of darkness.
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| 2 | Ray | 65 55% |
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A very well presented film, full of clever writing and good acting, but sadly a film that is ultimately rather unsatisfying. Whilst it is well written, the plot just isn't strong enough to be worthy of merit. It's surrounded by beautifully haunting score, great cinematography full of well placed motifs, and Bale's solid performance. It's just not enough to make up for the somewhat dull, slightly contrived plot.
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umutto | 92 83% |
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It become a cliche to make these kind of movies but still i enjoyed it a lot.. The phenomenons become clear at the end, everything has tied up with something.. And every detail became meaningfull.. And the acting of Christian Bale was one of the best..
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| 1 | EldarZach | 76 33% |
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weak ending, kinda boring throughout
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Judo Koala | 63 19% |
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Preposterous story (you literally won't be able to go without sleep for a year but whatever) that's been told many times before, albeit under better circumstances (hello, 'Fight Club'). Worth watching for Bale's overall exceptional performance and ridiculous dedication to his role, and some interestingly denuded cinematography; otherwise, it's whatever.
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DavidBlast | 60 54% |
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Decent mystery flick with a predictable but likeable twist. The Trooper award goes to Christian Bale for losing all that weight.
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kgbelliveau | 70 27% |
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A dark moody drama set up to be a thriller is a bit of a let down in the end. Bale did look horrific so kudos for that.
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fudgieb | 83 50% |
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Eerily intriguing. You won't want to stop watching it once you've started, but once it's over, you may be left scratching your head. Unless, of course, you're smarter than me.
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shongfromrp | 90 85% |
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If you thought Christian Bale acts the same way in all his movies, then you thought wrong. He acts the same way in all but this movie.
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| 1 | johnshaft | 80 70% |
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Creepy film with excellent and believable performances.
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aliceporto | 75 38% |
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somehow interesting, some scenes really create an intriguing, dense atmosphere. but it fails at trying too hard to explain "what was it all about" in the end. wish they hadn't killed the mistery so abruptlly, hollywood style.
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vuka | 60 12% |
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Bad copy of fight club. I just feel bad that Bale had to lose all that weight and look like a walking skeleton for the role. But the movie just wasn't good, it had some nice shots and goo ideas, but thats all.
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glumpy_99 | 77 50% |
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Oppressive, unsettling psychological drama admittedly owes much of its power to an extraordinarily painful, wince-inducing performance from Bale as the skeletal lead; the dingy and seedy production design is an absolute triumph and Anderson succeeds in placing us in Bale's increasingly fractured (and nightmarish) world view. Perhaps inevitably, the reveal and resolution is too tidy, familiar and anti-climactic to be fully satisfying, but the film is still an engrossing and engaging ride.
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| 1 | RandallODim | 60 14% |
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The Machinist is the easy listening of psychological thrillers. It's 'sophisticated' but uncomplicated and hollow.
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| 1 | mrsdinger | 96 84% |
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I really enjoyed this movie. Christian Bale's transformation for this film is shocking. It was hard for me to look at his the same after I saw this.
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TheEscapist | 62 27% |
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Thrillers have been done better, but it's not all bad, mostly for two reasons. First of all the sense of paranoia and atmosphere, which I thought is executed rather well (though unpleasant to watch). Secondly of course Christian Bale's dedication to his performance, which while commendable, is also kind of hard to watch. Therefore this film, to me, isn't very nice to watch at all. Overall I thought it was quite unremarkable, with some fairly predictable twists and unremarkable characters.
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| 1 | Alex WS | 53 29% |
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Brooding movie with a twist. Nothing remarkable.
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| 1 | Giuseppe | 79 77% |
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Christian Bale does a terrific role and seeing this you have to admire his dedication to his work. The cinematography is also pretty spectacular at times. But what this movie does best is blur the line between reality and dream (or dementia) and, if you don't look for the small hints the movie gives you, you'll have a hard time separating what's real from what's merely a delusion for much of the duration. The downside is that once you realize what's going on, the ending is pretty predictable.
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Cahadras1 | 88 77% |
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nice
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KAH | 2 40% |
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Unlike Bale in this movie, I had a hard time not sleeping through this.
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Nathan S | 3 45% |
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A very interesting and well-made film that unfortunately resorts to a predictable pattern during its final act. In the end everything falls into place and fits together like a puzzle, when you can't help but feel it shouldn't.
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| 1 | porporcoro | 83 20% |
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A man with insomnia (Bale) and a sickly looking body works in a factory. When a factory accident occurs in the injuring of a coworker, he blames it on another coworker no one else seems to know anything about. Not knowing what to think, the idea of hurting his coworker, he is haunted at night and unable to sleep further delving into a physical and mental abyss.
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fabfunk | 80 73% |
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Chilling thriller that runs out of steam as it gets less opaque. Still, a captivating performance by Christian Bale. Suffocating atmosphere. Nice to see Michael Ironside getting, and doing, good work.
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monkeycat | 50 10% |
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I expected so much and was so disapointed.
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djross | 55 52% |
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Well-directed exploration of paranoia and guilt, but the echoes and shades of Kafka and Dostoyevsky, if not of Lynch and others, play out in a way that is just a little too obvious and, despite first appearances, perhaps, conventional.
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Pickpocket | 3 28% |
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People with very little knowledge of film always list this film as amazing. It isn't, so please shut the fuck up. Bale's physical transformation is impressive but he should've saved it for a better film. Very predictable twist.
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| 1 | CrazyDave333 | 70 41% |
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Christian Bale's performance lifts an otherwise conventional thriller. Has potential, but in the end it's fairly unrealized.
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| 1 | Dustyd | 75 79% |
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Solid film, even if you have seen this idea done to death by now. Bale carries the film on his skinny frame.
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Ocelot | 40 31% |
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The film starts off pretty strong -- some great production design gives the film a feeling as though it exists outside of any particular era, and Christian Bale gives a good performance, and he's surrounded by the cast of The Wire. But the ending is so stupid. It could have been anything, really. And what it was is dumb.
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nandorizzi | 85 88% |
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A great movie, simple, cheap and with magisterial acting of Christian Bale. A mixture of drama and suspense, psychological both. You enter in the paranoia of the principal character and feel, in the end, the anguish that he was loading.
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jstry | 83 68% |
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The lengths that Bale went to for this role are remarkable. I thought it was creepy, dark, and I think it did well balancing the reality vs. dream aspect. I didn't figure out exactly what was going on until the end, so for me, the suspense was there and I really liked it.
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Luna6ix | 86 92% |
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at times it can be a bit empty, but the whole mystery of the first half more than makes up for it, bale is a gem, and the plot is pretty damned good.
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Vandelay1 | 84 93% |
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Nice
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Va3H | 80 32% |
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The Machinist is a conventional thriller exploring themes such as: madness, paranoia and guilt. The film is driven primarily by Christian Bale's disturbing yet triumphal and phenomenal performance of delving into a guilt-stricken and tormented soul. In which, validates his excellence as one of the foremost actors of this generation. Sadly enough, director Brad Anderson is neither equal to the task or subject manner which is being portrayed and acted out, and thereby suffers from misdirection.
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| 1 | screensiren | 65 32% |
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Almost exhausting to watch as you really have no idea what is going on!
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| 1 | mxw | 71 31% |
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I'm not gonna lie- the 'shocking truth' wasn't that shocking. I can't say I felt anything for any of the characters, it was much like watching a series of unfortunate events play out and not really know what's going on, even though you do. Right. Not a bad concept though.
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MrMoustache | 85 0% |
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Amazing acting by Christian Bale, he manages to take you on an immersive trip into his sleep deprived world where it becomes impossible to tell what is real. A must see for all fans of psychological thrillers.
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| Average Percentile 59.22% from 8927 Ratings |  |