Machinist (2004)

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Avg Rating: 4.3 / 5. Voted: 112

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Directed by: Brad Anderson
Starring: Christian Bale (Trevor Reznik), John Sharian (Ivan), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Stevie), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (Maria)
Country: USA; Effed Up American Cinema
Language: English (Optional Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:41:52
Genres: Misery-Mental Illness, Body Modification

Plot – Spoilers:
A machinist, Trevor Reznik, believes he hasn’t slept for a year and has the body to show for it. At work, he barely gets along with his co-workers and within his apartment, he spends the nights obsessively cleaning the floor if not his hands. His life has been getting increasingly complex with memory lapses. Frustratingly for Reznik, the people he feels closest to, oddly share similarities to unrelated people from his past, and he begins to doubt everyone he sees and knows.

Christian Bale’s weight loss for the role, earned him among other plaudits, the Body Modification category here.

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fred fat
fred fat
June 22, 2024 1:39 pm

he lost weight lets give him an oscar for slimmer of the year

Kiirsemaar
Kiirsemaar
February 21, 2024 5:25 pm

Guilt, how it’ll torment you. When your life is riddled with it, it’s unbearable.
I understand Trevor’s behaviour, it doesn’t to be as severe as his – to have an impact on your life.
Good Luck to Anyone with similar behaviour. 10/10

Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard
February 24, 2023 10:11 pm

Ivan is the best. Got to hand it to Bale for losing all that weight for the part. Even the director asked him to not be so enthusiastic about losing anymore weight fearing he would die. Jennifer Jason Leigh is a great actress. (Trivia: her dad was Vic Morrow). Top notch cast with top notch results. Good story about guilt. 4 and a half stars.

Chikka
Chikka
January 18, 2023 4:46 am

Pretty good, i didn’t expect that ending.

V
V
September 27, 2022 6:27 am

AKA: The Machinist

Matisse Famke
Matisse Famke
June 8, 2022 2:42 am

Neurosis is depicted profoundly in this film. The gruelling monotony, the desolate milieu, and the segregation of astigmatic socialist idiosyncrasies. Such characteristics dictate, if not impinge progressively when perpetuated… Explicitly so.
I don’t hail from America land, in my country our logography is recalibrated, though some of you wouldn’t have a fucking iota of nuance.
Conjointly, if you project malfeasance and reproach unto me, I shall requite accordingly.
I’m a notorious gatekeeping troll apparently, but at least I have a backbone…
You get what you deserve 🙂

Holytamales
Holytamales
May 25, 2022 6:32 am

One of my all time favorites!

Bill
Bill
May 23, 2022 2:55 pm

Can you please make this fucking worthless site work!!!!!!!!!

Dr Harris
Dr Harris
May 21, 2022 11:01 pm

Enjoyed that …. Missed it first time round.. not a bad story . Slightly wooden in parts but a nice way to spend 90 mins…

Actually felt really sorry for Trev near the end …

Bobby Buffer
Bobby Buffer
May 21, 2022 10:59 pm

Movie should be call “Can I get some fucking sleep!”

Dr. Lecter
Dr. Lecter
May 21, 2022 11:35 am

Thank you guys very much for uploading this one!! Christian Bale lost 40 lbs for this role… the dude take his shit serious, fo shizzle. One of the all time greats. As for the movie, it’s certainly one to wrap your head around very carefully or you could hurt yourself. The long and short of it is guilt – it can fuck a muther fucker up.