Review of The Machinist (2004) by Halifaxr. — 28 Feb 2006
This is Memento for half-wits. It's mostly shots of Christian Bale looking at his emaciated body in the mirror. The film is a slow and painful plodding toward a twist ending. And sure, there's a twist, but it comes perfectly gift wrapped in in slow-motion after-school special cheese that in no way justifies the preceding hours of over-serious, over-stylized boredom.
Everyone's impressed that Christian Bale lost one third of his body weight for a role but this movie is so hollow and poorly written it comes off as a depressing publicity stunt.
This review of The Machinist (2004) was written by Halifaxr. on 28 Feb 2006.
The Machinist has generally received very positive reviews.
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