The Machinist

I know I'm a bit behind on this one, but I just saw The Machinist last night. Any one that has seen or even heard about this movie knows about Christian Bale's extreme crash dieting to drop his wait down to a very unhealthy 120 lbs. I must admit, the first time I saw Bale in the movie, I was a bit creeped out by his sickly appearance. However, he turns in another amazing performance (did anybody expect anything less?) as haunted insomniac Trevor Reznik, easily reinforcing his title as one my favorite actors of our time. Most of the film simply kept raising more and more questions, and I found myself getting more and more enthralled, just waiting for the climax, where all the film's mysteries would be revealed to me. I really liked the whole deal with the Post-Its and the hangman game, especially when it was all made clear at the end of the film. The best part of this movie is that a day later, I am still thinking about it. I'm not sure I'll ever know what exactly happens in the film, since it is definitely left open to interpretation. However, I did read one interesting theory that had to do with Trevor (Bale) actually being dead, and his soul finally being able to rest at the end of the film.

10/11

The Machinist
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Scott Kosar
Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Michael Ironside