The Brutalist

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Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost....

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Structurally beautiful and suffused with Adrien Brody's soulful performance, writer-director Brady Corbet's The Brutalist is a towering tribute to the immigrant experience.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

For me, many moments challenged my ability to suspend disbelief and sustain interest, and it struck me as an overwrought, monochromatic unfolding of persistent misery.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 20, 2024

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Dana Stevens

Slate

The magisterial (yet also often funny) performances from virtually every member of the cast... and the sheer painterly beauty of its compositions make this one of the few movies this year I almost immediately went back to see for a second time.

Dec 20, 2024

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

Directed by Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” is a period drama with the ambitions of a historical reckoning.

Dec 20, 2024

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Ruth Maramis

FlixChatter Film Blog

Adrien Brody is intensely heartbreaking in Brady Corbet’s sobering cautionary tale of the elusive American Dream. The word ‘epic’ is often overused but I don’t think it’s a hyperbole to call The Brutalist the cinematic epic of the year.

Rated: 4.5/5

Dec 23, 2024

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Austin Burke

Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation

The Brutalist is a monumental film. As grand and epic as it is from a visual and cinematic standpoint, the story is just as impactful but on a more personal level. Brody is Oscar-worthy and Pearce gives his best performance in two decades.

Rated: 9.5/10

Dec 22, 2024

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Dustin Chang

Floating World

Corbet mistakes that giving a 3 hrs 35 min runtime and a historical background equal having literary air. Accumulation of these images and narrative threads that goes nowhere don't automatically give the film depth. PT Anderson he ain't.

Dec 22, 2024

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Peter S.

Way too long and drawn out. No need for 3.5 hours. A24 you try so hard to make this film overly epic with fancy cinematography and musical score but that didn't save the story and I found myself just bored. "The next Godfather" is certainly is not. Wait for it to stream and when you have 3.5 hours to kill.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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Alexander B

The movie is an hour too long. Otherwise quite good.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Angelica

Almost 4 hours worth of watching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Taylor A

The movie of the year.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Robert C

The first 2 hours (pre-intermission) were charming and highly engaging, with the feel of a great, classic film. But the story lost its touch in the last 90 minutes, with wild shifts in tone and an overt play for Award-worthy "importance." Overall, a good film, but a shadow of what it could and ought to have been.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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T F

I've seen the film twice. Tonight I saw it at a special presentation in 70mm -- third night selling out the theater. Extraordinary each time I've seen this. Pure cinema. Riveting acting, cinematography, sound, score. A masterpiece. Brady Corbet's vision is majestic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Synopsis

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost....

Director: Brady Corbet
Producer: Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison, Brian Young
Screenwriter: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Andrew Lauren Productions, Brookstreet Pictures
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Rape|Some Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 20, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 3h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)