‘The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his best to get the Rock there. Not nearly as pleasurably anxiety-inducing as ...

Dwayne Johnson shines, but the movie around him tells the wrong story. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

The Smashing Machine (2025) Film Review from the 50th Annual Toronto International Film Festival, a movie directed and written by Benny Safdie, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Lyndsey Gavin, ...

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. “The Smashing Machine” would seem to ...

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 ...

Dwayne Johnson packs on even more muscle for the role of a lifetime as complicated MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Benny Safdie's sports biopic "The Smashing Machine" puts The Rock in the Oscar best actor ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) --The Smashing Machine, in theaters Friday, makes for an interesting biopic, as mixed martial arts fighters rarely get the same cinematic treatment as musicians or historical ...

Credits: Directed by Benny Safdie, starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Lindsey Gavin and Oleksandr Usyk. Rating/runtime: R for language and some drug abuse; 123 minutes. How ...