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The Machinist
Directed by
Brad Anderson
R
2004
1h 41m
Drama
,
Thriller
7.6
77%
83%
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An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.
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Cast of The Machinist
Christian Bale
Trevor Reznik
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Stevie
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Marie
John Sharian
Ivan
Michael Ironside
Miller
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Jackson
Reg E. Cathey
Jones
Anna Massey
Mrs. Shike
Matthew Romero Moore
Nicholas
Robert Long
Supervisor Furman
Colin Stinton
Inspector Rogers
Craig Stevenson
Tucker
Ferran Lahoz
Gonzales
Jeremy Xido
Evangelisti
Norman Bell
DMV Clerk
Nancy Crane
Waitress
Richard Torrington
Radiologist
Buffy Davis
Marge
Reg Wilson
Bartender
Ramon Camín
Detective
Christopher Hood
Drunk
Marc Aspinall
Inspector Daniels
Guillermo Ayesa
Old Fisherman
Daniel Ceren
Pedestrian
Marta Rubio
Woman in Crowd
Ewan Watson
Man in Crowd
Chike Johnson
Young Policeman
Molly Malcolm
Ticket Agent
Jaume Mimó
Man in Stall
Flora Álvarez
Woman in Stall
James DePaul
Reynolds (uncredited)
The Machinist Ratings & Reviews
Ryezoo
February 15, 2025
What a performance from Christian Bale. Such a moody film. Feels like a modern day Hitchcock movie. The acting from Bale is transformative. The skeleton like figure and his facial expressions are true commitment. I loved going down this movies dark moody rabbit hole and loved the twist to the film.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Until now Bale's screen persona has been defined by a graceful athleticism; here his physicality is repellent, yet he carries the occasionally creaky plot of Scott Kosar's unsettling screenplay to a resonant finish.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
A gimmick with no real payoff.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
It's one of those movies that you admire more than you enjoy, but Anderson and Kosar are clearly talents to watch.
Detroit News
Tom Long
It begins dark and depressing, but ends up merely dull.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
It is well worth enduring for the performance of Bale.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
Though Bale deserves all the credit that can be heaped at his feet ... there is far more to this sinister psychological thriller than just exhibiting Bale's emaciated form.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Anderson definitely has a flair for creating a diffuse sense of fear, paranoia, and mental illness onscreen.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Mainly this is all Bale's show. He is strangely sympathetic, taking us right into Trevor's pain without any special pleading.
Denver Post
Michael Booth
A powerful, accomplished movie that lingers.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray
It's an overly calculated, schematic graph of a script that eliminates the things we go to the movies to experience: interesting characters, a story we can relate to, an emotional release.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
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.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
It's a carefully layered, tautly directed and superbly acted psychological thriller.
Chicago Tribune
Achy Obejas
A moody psychological thriller with a stunning performance by Christian Bale at its core.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Scott Von Doviak
The thing we most dread is that this existential mystery will have an unsatisfying resolution, and in this case, our worst fears are realized.
Premiere Magazine
Peter Debruge
It's more of an idea, like the premise for a Twilight Zone episode or the skeleton of a 20-minute short film awkwardly stretched to feature length.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
This is more than just a talented guy losing some (okay, a lot) of weight, it's a fully realized characterization full of depth and emotional complexity growing in both intensity and power as the movie progresses.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Give Anderson credit for at least sustaining a mood.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
A stylish but fatally shallow puzzler that suggests a Twilight Zone episode filmed on the leftover sets of Seven.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Psychological suspense at its finest.
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