Rent The Brutalist (2024)

3.4 of 5 from 164 ratings
3h 12min
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Synopsis:
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 and prominent industrialist Horrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) recognises his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost....
Actors:
, , , , , , , , , , , , , Maria Sand, , , Charlie Esoko, , , Peter Deutsch
Directors:
Producers:
Brady Corbet, Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison, Brian Young
Writers:
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Others:
Brian Young, Judy Becker, Lol Crawley, Daniel Blumberg, Patricia Cuccia, David Jancso
Aka:
El Brutalista
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Genres:
Classics, Drama
Collections:
Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2025, Oscar Nominations Competition 2025
Awards:

2025 BAFTA Best Direction

2025 BAFTA Best Actor

2025 BAFTA Best Music Original Score

2025 BAFTA Best Cinematography

2025 Oscar Best Actor

2025 Oscar Best Cinematography

2025 Oscar Best Music Original Score

BBFC:
Release Date:
28/04/2025
Run Time:
192 minutes
Languages:
Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description, English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
Castillian, English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Colour
BBFC:
Release Date:
28/04/2025
Run Time:
200 minutes
Languages:
Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Audio Description, French Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Swedish
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
BBFC:
Release Date:
28/04/2025
Run Time:
200 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing, German
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All

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Reviews (7) of The Brutalist

Astonishing - The Brutalist review by AER

Spoiler Alert
01/02/2025

Now we know why we don't see Adrien Brody as much in the movies anymore, he was taking seven years to make The Brutalist. Brady Corbet's third film as director is astonishing. Lovely cinematography, great acting and a fast moving pace. It didn't feel like 3.5 hours long. Engrossing.

2 out of 5 members found this review helpful.

Very long, very slow and very boring - The Brutalist review by Alphaville

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02/06/2025

Messy hugely overlong not-very-interesting saga of a post-war Jewish immigrant making his way in the US. Slow-paced, long drawn-out scenes, a boring plot that takes ages to go anywhere. All this detracts from any emotional involvement and just irritates. Get in with it! After three hours, at last there’s an interesting scene… but it’s hardly worth the wait .

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

Overlong, Bloated Melodrama about Architecture - The Brutalist review by PV

Spoiler Alert
22/05/2025

I'll be honest - I found this film a real slog. It is over 3 hours long for goodness sake! Though it does have a dinky interval halfway through (toilet break). In my opinion, only biblical sword-and-sandal epics deserve such length. 3 hours is a LONG time.

I felt this film was flabby, and an hour could have been sliced off this easily.

It tries to pose as a true story but is all fiction not even based on a real person, or a novel - though it feels like it.

The acting of Brody esp is great, and the cinematography, Maybe those into architecture will be in heaven here. I liked the Italian quarry scenes.

Sorry, I did not buy the plot (no spoilers) though the Van Buren patriarch's closeness to his mother meant I though I KNOW WHAT IS COMING HERE.

The music won an Oscar but is forgettable. I have forgotten it, i never remembered it! It's background strings, not a big theme as some old Oscar winners for scores were.

I object to the now-common full frontal nudity for men, with excited prosthetic etc. No need for that. Itis sexist too as the female equivalent is NOT a naked woman seen from the front, but a woman with her legs splayed open and the camera right up there shooting the stimulated genital area. WHY do we have this imbalance? Misandry from #metoo? Seen 3 or 4 examples of it recently. The film does NOT need it - why i object, I am no prude. I do object to sexism though.

So it is a MEH from me. Watchable but expect a numb bum. Over 3 hours for a story that could be told in 2.

Odd they should take the Van Buren name from the 8th president of the USA too.

3 stars. Some parts 4, some parts 2, so 3 average.

1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.

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