The Brutalist

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The Brutalist

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Jan 2025

3h 35m

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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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A film best served with caffeine, The Brutalist and Brody are simply, yet intricately, epic.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

It is so specific, lived-in and vibrant that you want to spend more time in this world even when it's harrowing.

Feb 11, 2025

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

To behold “The Brutalist” and wish Brady Corbet showed more restraint entirely misses the essence...

Rated: 5/5

Feb 7, 2025

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Jamie Graham

Empire Magazine

Brady Corbet’s seismic drama reaches for the sky as it surveys the soul of a man and a nation. There will be Oscars.

Rated: 5/5

Feb 4, 2025

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Sarah Ward

Concrete Playground

As it muses on what it means to leave a legacy, this is a film to sit with. It's filled with performances that demand the same.

Oct 15, 2025

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Leandro Ariel Porcelli

Cinéfilo Serial

An epic from another era that bridges cinema's vintage glory with humanity's vile modern vices, employs both techniques of the past and regrettable IA flourishes that ironically helps show the corruption of culture, art and soul. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 10/10

Sep 20, 2025

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

Just like in our daily life in the year of 2025, in The Brutalist, we suffer from much visual excess, and in desperate need of thematic and character depth, narrative complexity, and more vitally – emotional nuance.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 4, 2025

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jeanna i

An extraordinary movie. Awesome story. Excellent acting and character development. I highly recommend it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/20/25

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Deepak

Too complex and too long for me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/18/25

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Travis

A true marathon of a character study, one of the most impressive pieces of media I’ve ever witnessed in my life

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/25

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alittlemoviefan

It was a good film, and beautiful to watch. It was not as worthwhile as it was hyped up to be. Good casting.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/07/25

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Sean

Some of the same feeling you can get!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Moviegurl

A waste of three hours in a movie theatre. What were they thinking? So awful!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/23/25

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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): Jan 24, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 18, 2025
Runtime: 3h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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