The Smashing Machine Review: Dwayne Johnson’s Best Performance Deserves a Better Film
Verdict: 4/5 — The best performance of Dwayne Johnson’s career anchors a gritty, unglamorous sports drama that refuses every cliché of the genre. Benny Safdie directs with bruising intimacy, and Emily Blunt is superb. It’s too punishing and deliberate to be a crowd-pleaser — the box office proved that — but it’s a real film … Read more