Overview
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...
I had heard about this movie for a while because Christian Bale famously lost 100 lbs for the role. Yup, 100 fish. He looked like a holocaust survivor. For the longest time I thought this film was just going to be another attempt at Mullholland Drive or something of that ilk. However, the last ten minutes of the film really took a decent movie and made it into a very good movie. I can’t remember the last time I saw a film that came together at the end like that.
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Movie title: The Machinist
Movie description: The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...
Date published: 2010-03-26
Director(s): Brad Anderson
Actor(s): Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Craig Stevenson, Reg E. Cathey, Anna Massey, Matthew Romero Moore, James DePaul, Robert Long, Chike Johnson
Genre: Thriller, Drama
My Review
I had heard about this movie for a while because Christian Bale famously lost 100 lbs for the role. Yup, 100 fish. He looked like a holocaust survivor. For the longest time I thought this film was just going to be another attempt at Mullholland Drive or something of that ilk. However, the last ten minutes of the film really took a decent movie and made it into a very good movie. I can’t remember the last time I saw a film that came together at the end like that.
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My Review - 8.25/10
8.25/10