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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: It is well worth enduring for the performance of Bale. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It's one of those movies that you admire more than you enjoy, but Anderson and Kosar are clearly talents to watch. Read more
Achy Obejas, Chicago Tribune: A moody psychological thriller with a stunning performance by Christian Bale at its core. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Mainly this is all Bale's show. He is strangely sympathetic, taking us right into Trevor's pain without any special pleading. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It is tortured and it's consistently fascinating. Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 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. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: 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. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: A stylish but fatally shallow puzzler that suggests a Twilight Zone episode filmed on the leftover sets of Seven. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Bale, always a nervy, risk-taking actor, gives a haunting performance of fierce concentration that goes beyond his dramatic weight loss. Read more
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: A powerful, accomplished movie that lingers. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A grimy, excessively art-directed psychological horror flick. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: It's a carefully layered, tautly directed and superbly acted psychological thriller. Read more
Kim Morgan, L.A. Weekly: This ultimately disappointing picture is suitably dingy-looking, intermittently scary, and boasts a nice, creepy score complete with theremins and Bernard Hermann-esque bass accents. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A stunt that didn't merit Bale's startling, and dangerous, transformation. Read more
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: There is more to Bale's performance than the stick figure physique. Trevor is a man literally being consumed with angst, eyes hollow, posture stooped and mouth agape. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: A meticulously complex story of guilt and paranoia. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Christian Bale gives his all for his art in The Machinist. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Christian Bale's 63-pound weight loss makes this bleak thriller one of the few movies to scale the barrier between chilly fantasy and authentic cinematic nightmare. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: [Bale's] is a great performance, full of commitment and sacrifice, and The Machinist is one of the year's best films. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Although The Machinist may at times seem to be derivative of those films, and is inferior to them, it is nevertheless a harrowing experience for those to whom this sort of story appeals. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Watching it, I kept wondering: What, exactly, is the point? The movie sustains its ominous hum, but in the end, it doesn't really give you all that much to think about. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: If grimly atmospheric studies in alienation are your cup of tea, you should find director Brad Anderson's dark brew especially tasty. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Anderson's effort here isn't bad, but, as measured on the scary-intruder index, this is more of a front-porch flick. Movie over, it's not hard to shut the door on it. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: Smacks of a movie made by people who've spent a lot more time watching movies than absorbing them. Read more
Geoff Andrew, Time Out: One can't deny the dubious appeal of the spectacle of the skin-and-bone Bale, quite possibly endangering his health for the sake of his art. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: Pic's integrity is clinched by Bale, whose haunted, aggressive and finally wrenching performance gives The Machinist a strong anchor. Read more
Dennis Lim, Village Voice: As its stricken hero's prominently posed copies of Kafka and Dostoyevsky suggest, the movie takes itself more seriously than it should. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Psychological suspense at its finest. Read more