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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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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 Full Review Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting To behold “The Brutalist” and wish Brady Corbet showed more restraint entirely misses the essence... Rated: 5/5 Feb 7, 2025 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Edgary Rodríguez R. LatinaMedia.Co The Brutalist recreates the immigrant’s journey in a devastating and frank way... [exploring] how people and countries, especially the United States, have uncomfortable histories with immigrants. Sep 1, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Deepak Too complex and too long for me. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/18/25 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Sean Some of the same feeling you can get! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/03/25 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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