Film Review

The Smashing Machine

★★½ 2.5
2025 ·123 min
Director Benny Safdie
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The Smashing Machine

Aaron's Thoughts

I would love to know why Emily Blunt even signs on to do things like this. Prior to watching it, I had heard chatter of how poorly written the character is. I kept thinking, “No way it can actually be that bad”.

Guess what! It was somehow even worse. Not sure there is a single scene where she isn’t the problem. Just abysmal writing.

Academy Awards

1 Nomination

Nom Best Makeup and Hairstyling — Björn Rehbein

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