- Studio: Paramount Classics
- Release Date: Oct 22, 2004
- Starring: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Summary: 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)
- Director: Brad Anderson
- Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 32
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Mixed: 10 out of 32
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Negative: 2 out of 32
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A brilliantly honed tale of dementia, starring a skeletal Christian Bale as a tormented insomniac wasting away and terrorized by his irreal existence.
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80The Machinist is so brave and visually impressive, it should demand an audience.
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60Anderson is a master of detail, from the film's ubiquitous fish motif to the elaborate carnival set piece that unfolds inside the claustrophobic confines of a spook-house ride called "Route 666."
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38Director Brad Anderson (Session 9) overtly cribs from everyone from Dostoevsky to Kafka.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 35
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Mixed: 2 out of 35
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Negative: 4 out of 35
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CraigA.10Hmmm... critics divided. General public not. This is an awesome film. Fight club meets Memento directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Watch it immediately.
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HalifaxR.2
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