The Brutalist

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The Brutalist

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In Theaters Fri Dec 20

3h 35m

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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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Brady Corbet

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Adrien Brody

László Tóth

Felicity Jones

Erzsébet Tóth

Guy Pearce

Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.

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Harry Lee

Raffey Cassidy

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

Because so much of The Brutalist is impressive it’s hard to completely write it off for its flaws. At the same time, the general quality of its craftsmanship can’t quite obviate the hollowness of the entire enterprise.

Dec 19, 2024

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Jocelyn Noveck

Associated Press

Tóth, played with deep soul and unrelenting intensity by Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist,” is actually fictional, though you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise, so richly realized is his story in director Brady Corbet’s audacious new film.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 18, 2024

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Radheyan Simonpillai

CBC Radio

At best, The Brutalist is to The Master what Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia is to Nashville.

Dec 18, 2024

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Scott Nye

Battleship Pretension

I cannot wait to see it again.

Dec 19, 2024

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Robert Kojder

Flickering Myth

Presented in VistaVision, co-writer/director Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half hours The Brutalist is as uncompromising as the fictional Hungarian Jewish architect at its center. It's visually stunning and intellectually stimulating

Rated: 4/5

Dec 18, 2024

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Peter Sobczynski

Auteurist Class (Substack)

The whole thing begins to feel like an endurance test of a particularly vapid nature from which there is no escape unless you submit to its delusions of grandeur.

Dec 18, 2024

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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
Screenwriter: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Intake Films, Lip Sync, Meyohas Studio, Brookstreet Pictures, Richmond Pictures, Andrew Lauren Productions, Carte Blanche, Kaplan Morrison
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)