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Movie Review: 'The Smashing Machine' an Unusual, Appealingly Weird Sports Biopic
Benny Safdie credits acting for directors Christopher Nolan and Paul Thomas Anderson with enhancing his directing approach on The Smashing Machine, a unique sports biopic starring Dwayne Johnson.
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The Hamilton SpectatorMovie Review: Dwayne Johnson has never been better in ‘The Smashing Machine,’ but the movie dodges
Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t what you think it is, especially if you think it’s a movie about a British guy who thinks his typewriter is the tops.
Movie review: 'The Smashing Machine' an unusual, appealingly weird sports biopic
Benny Safdie wants to challenge our expectations of the traditional sports movie. His first solo directorial outing without his brother Josh, “The Smashing Machine” is a biopic that zigs when you expect it to zag, parries rather than jabs, feints before delivering a punch.
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In one of his usual identity crises, Hollywood's rockiest actor has decided to return to real film with Benny Safdie's debut solo director The Smashing Machine.
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