Good movie, hope you don't get the mystery too soon

Rating: 7/10 (22 February 2005)

For me the machinist was a good movie. I mean I surly can understand the rave reviews i've been reading here on IMDb. But. There is a problem with the film. I've saw its parallels with other similar movies (i won't list them in hopes you didn't read any other comments, if you did you've probably spoiled the experience for yourself too) too soon and basically after first 20 minutes knew what is the trick. That really spoiled my movie experience, since I spent the rest of the movie just waiting for the confirmation. I think if I had enjoyed the movie before checking out some reviews I'd enjoy it even more. This way I'm giving only 7/10, for what the movie could be but wasn't. Go see it before reading further, you won't regret it.