"The Machinist" has an ending that provides a satisfactory, or at least a believable, explanation for its mysteries and contradictions. But the movie is not about the plot, and while the conclusion explains Trevor's anguish, it doesn't account for it. Trevor Reznik is a machinist in a factory.

The Machinist movie reviews & Metacritic score: Trevor Reznik has not slept for a year. His every waking minute has become an unremitting nightmare of This movie was very enjoyable to watch. It's a thriller based on Trevor's paranoia, a factory worker who begins to believe that a newcomer to the.

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The parents' guide to what's in this movie. The takeaway is eventually fairly clear: we shouldn't lie or try to avoid responsibility for the mistakes we've made, no matter how bad. This film was first requested to me. With time as a buffer, it's now easier to see The Machinist for what it is: a labyrinthine leap down the rabbit hole into a nightmarish wonderland. There's madness in the Method as Christian Bale turns himself into the incredible shrinking man in The Machinist. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD (Buy on Amazon). "The Machinist" is much like "Memento" in many respects, only not quite so clever.

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The film is interesting and suspenseful, but the mystery comes from the deterioration of Trevor, not from the plot specifically. Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for The Machinist. Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices.

Read the Empire Movie review of Machinist, The. It looks and feels the business, both in Bale's bone-bag of a body and the morphine-dosed-Kubrick. Emaciated metalworker Trevor Reznik (Bale) is falling apart. He can't eat, he can't sleep and someone is playing Hangman on his.