First of all, The Machinist is a great story only understood by the last frame of the movie. Nevertheless I can still not understand the whole buzz made out of this piece, all the prices and nominations. Second of all, Christian Bale, this guy is an actor, and a disciplined one: how can someone loose almost all his body weight, reach almost zero body fat for a movie? Well, we saw Robert de Niro at “Raging Bull” gaining some 20 something kg at his worst in the film and getting so fit he had a real chance to become a pro, but Bale… watching him like this is just too much. Aitana, just beautiful and Jennifer act well her part, but as mentioned…too slow movie, too long for the punch line. Score: 5