The Brutalist

Name: The Brutalist
Genre: Drama
Released: December 20, 2024
Rating: 91
Cast: Adrien Brody, Alessandro Nivola, Emma Laird, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce

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A24 | Release Date: December 20, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Adrien Brody, Alessandro Nivola, Emma Laird, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Isaach De Bankolé, Joe Alwyn, Jonathan Hyde, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin

Summary: Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) 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 andEscaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) 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 (Guy Pearce) recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.… Expand

Director: Brady Corbet

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

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Brian Truitt

Dec 19, 2024

The Brutalist is a toxic tale of the immigrant experience and a gripping narrative of love and hope tested through vice and struggle. Read full review

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Kimberley Jones

Jan 9, 2025

The film literalizes the damage done by the ruling class in ways that are shocking, but they land. Read full review

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Radio Times Emma Simmonds

Mar 25, 2026

Seven years in the making, The Brutalist is epic in its length, weight and ambition, like a modern-day Orson Welles picture, while it also bears comparison to contemporary masterworks like There Will Be Blood. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Jan 14, 2025

The magisterial (yet also often funny) performances from virtually every member of the cast, the rigor which with it explores complex characters and ideas, 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. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 19, 2025

You’d be hard-pressed to think of a motion picture parable that more perfectly fits its moment and the mood of the country and the world it premiered into. Corbet has tapped into the zeitgeist as well as The American Myth and made a movie that makes you wince because he, like László Tóth, refused to sentimentalize it or avert his eyes from the ugliness. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Jan 27, 2025

The screenplay dwells obsessively on certain aspects and rushes blithely past others. The craft of the film-making, though, is exemplary. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jan 6, 2025

With its clean lines and precise assembly, it's nearly devoid of fundamental practicalities, and, so, remains an idea for a movie about ideas, an outline for a drama that's still in search of its characters. Read full review

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