The Trainer
2024·Comedy·1h 35m
7.1
★
Jack Flex is broke, buff, and wildly delusional—but he’s got a dream: to sell his absurd invention, the Heavy Hat, on his mom’s favorite shopping channel. When a desperate producer gives him a shot, Jack’s web of lies—celebrity clients, Hollywood fame—starts to unravel. With just one week to turn fiction into fact, he sprints through L.A. in a chaotic quest for credibility, hope, and a shot at stardom.
Directed by Tony Kaye
IMDB
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Cast
Vito Schnabel
Jack Flex
Julia Fox
Bee Luciani
Steven Van Zandt
Isaac Rabinowitz
Beverly D'Angelo
Jack's Mother
Bella Thorne
Elektra
Gina Gershon
Roberta 'Bob' Campbell
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Allan Goes
Kirk Myers
Taylour Paige
Bianca Slater
Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Gayle King
Gayle King
FINNEAS
Finneas O'Connell
Crew
Tony Kaye
Director
Vito Schnabel
Screenplay
Anne Dudley
Original Music Composer
Tony Kaye
Director of Photography
Tony Kaye
Producer
Vito Schnabel
Producer
Daniel Stevens
Stunts
Callie Croughwell
Stunt Double
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Luke Hollingshead
6.6★ · 09/22/25
HEAVY HAT.
Probably the most what the fuck movie I’ve seen in some time. Despite being in my opinion a failed experiment, I love some of the weird ass shit that Kaye is trying here. So aggressive and audacious that I can’t really help but like it. Extraordinarily obnoxious tho, I got a headache halfway through. For better or worse this really does feel like a feature film YouTube/reel/TikTok amalgamation of a movie.
This has some really funny parts on it, and a couple genuinely interesting moments, but I don’t think I’d ever want to revisit the whole of this. It’s so annoying and loud, almost to a Luhrmann degree, but more experimental that I’m not mad at it, just exhausted. I also don’t think the story is really that interesting, I don’t care about this character or what happens to him, just occasionally amused by Lenny Kravitz or Paris Hilton showing up.
Julia Fox somehow found a more insane movie and role than Uncut Gems, props to her! Impressive shit. I do think her and lead Vito Schnabel are pretty awesome in this, just let down by a weak story. When something has this much improvisation in it, it’s hard for it to be effective and not feel exorbitantly loose.
Fun Q&A with Director Tony Kaye, lead Vito Schnabel, and actors Beverly D’Angelo and Colleen Camp. Cool quote that unlocked a bit of the movie for me: there’s never a wrong time to tell the truth. Got to ask Kaye about how he went about shooting this, and he told me that he doesn’t block anything — he lets the actors act, and (on this) camera in hand works around them. The camera, the glass of the lens is a face, it’s a character. I do think that that comes across in this.
If you wanna watch some maybe successful very modern avant-garde shit this is it!
Probably the most what the fuck movie I’ve seen in some time. Despite being in my opinion a failed experiment, I love some of the weird ass shit that Kaye is trying here. So aggressive and audacious that I can’t really help but like it. Extraordinarily obnoxious tho, I got a headache halfway through. For better or worse this really does feel like a feature film YouTube/reel/TikTok amalgamation of a movie.
This has some really funny parts on it, and a couple genuinely interesting moments, but I don’t think I’d ever want to revisit the whole of this. It’s so annoying and loud, almost to a Luhrmann degree, but more experimental that I’m not mad at it, just exhausted. I also don’t think the story is really that interesting, I don’t care about this character or what happens to him, just occasionally amused by Lenny Kravitz or Paris Hilton showing up.
Julia Fox somehow found a more insane movie and role than Uncut Gems, props to her! Impressive shit. I do think her and lead Vito Schnabel are pretty awesome in this, just let down by a weak story. When something has this much improvisation in it, it’s hard for it to be effective and not feel exorbitantly loose.
Fun Q&A with Director Tony Kaye, lead Vito Schnabel, and actors Beverly D’Angelo and Colleen Camp. Cool quote that unlocked a bit of the movie for me: there’s never a wrong time to tell the truth. Got to ask Kaye about how he went about shooting this, and he told me that he doesn’t block anything — he lets the actors act, and (on this) camera in hand works around them. The camera, the glass of the lens is a face, it’s a character. I do think that that comes across in this.
If you wanna watch some maybe successful very modern avant-garde shit this is it!
HEAVY HAT.
Probably the most what the fuck movie I’ve seen in some time. Despite being in my opinion a failed experiment, I love some of the weird ass shit that Kaye is trying here. So aggressive and audacious that I can’t really help but like it. Extraordinarily obnoxious tho, I got a headache halfway through. For better or worse this really does feel like a feature film YouTube/reel/TikTok amalgamation of a movie.
This has some really funny parts on it, and a couple genuinely interesting moments, but I don’t think I’d ever want to revisit the whole of this. It’s so annoying and loud, almost to a Luhrmann degree, but more experimental that I’m not mad at it, just exhausted. I also don’t think the story is really that interesting, I don’t care about this character or what happens to him, just occasionally amused by Lenny Kravitz or Paris Hilton showing up.
Julia Fox somehow found a more insane movie and role than Uncut Gems, props to her! Impressive shit. I do think her and lead Vito Schnabel are pretty awesome in this, just let down by a weak story. When something has this much improvisation in it, it’s hard for it to be effective and not feel exorbitantly loose.
Fun Q&A with Director Tony Kaye, lead Vito Schnabel, and actors Beverly D’Angelo and Colleen Camp. Cool quote that unlocked a bit of the movie for me: there’s never a wrong time to tell the truth. Got to ask Kaye about how he went about shooting this, and he told me that he doesn’t block anything — he lets the actors act, and (on this) camera in hand works around them. The camera, the glass of the lens is a face, it’s a character. I do think that that comes across in this.
If you wanna watch some maybe successful very modern avant-garde shit this is it!
Probably the most what the fuck movie I’ve seen in some time. Despite being in my opinion a failed experiment, I love some of the weird ass shit that Kaye is trying here. So aggressive and audacious that I can’t really help but like it. Extraordinarily obnoxious tho, I got a headache halfway through. For better or worse this really does feel like a feature film YouTube/reel/TikTok amalgamation of a movie.
This has some really funny parts on it, and a couple genuinely interesting moments, but I don’t think I’d ever want to revisit the whole of this. It’s so annoying and loud, almost to a Luhrmann degree, but more experimental that I’m not mad at it, just exhausted. I also don’t think the story is really that interesting, I don’t care about this character or what happens to him, just occasionally amused by Lenny Kravitz or Paris Hilton showing up.
Julia Fox somehow found a more insane movie and role than Uncut Gems, props to her! Impressive shit. I do think her and lead Vito Schnabel are pretty awesome in this, just let down by a weak story. When something has this much improvisation in it, it’s hard for it to be effective and not feel exorbitantly loose.
Fun Q&A with Director Tony Kaye, lead Vito Schnabel, and actors Beverly D’Angelo and Colleen Camp. Cool quote that unlocked a bit of the movie for me: there’s never a wrong time to tell the truth. Got to ask Kaye about how he went about shooting this, and he told me that he doesn’t block anything — he lets the actors act, and (on this) camera in hand works around them. The camera, the glass of the lens is a face, it’s a character. I do think that that comes across in this.
If you wanna watch some maybe successful very modern avant-garde shit this is it!
Maddie Alicia
what did i just watch?
what did i just watch?
Eric Hardman
8.3★ · 06/08/25
One of the most excessive, loud, utterly insane pieces of work I’ve ever experienced. Many will likely be turned off by it all. I fucking adored every moment.
One of the most excessive, loud, utterly insane pieces of work I’ve ever experienced. Many will likely be turned off by it all. I fucking adored every moment.
paige
7.0★ · 09/22/25
Matthew Huff
3.0★ · 06/05/25