it's OK.

Rating: 6/10 (30 January 2011)

This is a decent enough movie, really well produced and shot, with washed out colour scheme to set the tone for a dark, cerebral plot.
The acting is also superb, in my opinion, come to think about it.
That said, I wouldn't say it's a classic, which I was expecting given some of the reviews up here. By the 25th or so minute you know pretty much exactly what's going on: the protégé feeling the pressure...mental afflictions ...reality becoming mixed with make believe..etc etc.
Machinist...Vanilla Sky/Los Ojos anyone? Both excellent and masters of the genre to my mind.
But go see it anyway and make your own mind up.