Masterfully shot and directed, with a standout performances from Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce. Some of the themes and a chunk of the writing didn’t work for me, but the commentary on the failed American Dream is solid

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 22, 2025

The Brutalist is a historical film with almost no concrete history or historical reference points, taking place during a period...of explosive developments...; a film about artists and intellectuals who barely discuss art and intellectual problems.

| Apr 21, 2025

The Brutalist shows that there is no definitive answer or escape from the aftermath of the Holocaust. It is a conflict so brutal that it may be disguised, but never completely resolved. [Full review in Spanish]

| Mar 22, 2025

The Brutalist is a stunner. A dream for cinephiles everywhere but this is the Holy Grail for film scholars: an instant, definitive entry into film canon.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 18, 2025

...The Brutalist is really a great film, epic and painful in many ways. [Full review in Spanish]

| Mar 6, 2025

The Brutalist is a deeply confused film that touches greatness by mixing disparate elements that have no business being together.

| Mar 4, 2025

The drama features notable performances from Brody and Jones, but, despite its visual aesthetics, I have a sneaking suspicion that Corbet ends up demolishing the narrative like a building under construction. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 3, 2025

Brady Corbet's monumental, yet intimately told architectural epic explores the dark side of the American Dream.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2025

The screenplay by Corbet and Mona Fastvold draws dizzying links between the materiality of building elements and the scar tissue generated by displacement.

| Feb 28, 2025

The Brutalist is a long and portentous film that loses its way a bit in the second half but still manages to leave you in awe as you watch it unfold.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2025

...Corbet’s third feature is both an ode to and an interrogation of the American Dream as a myth that invites reinvention while exacting a brutal toll.

| Feb 28, 2025

Brody, an actor in state of grace, embraced another tailor-made role for him, making The Brutalist one of the standout films of the year.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 28, 2025

...the film’s ability to explore the intersection of art, power, and identity with such precision makes it a rewarding experience for patient viewers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2025

While we can argue over whether Corbet misses many of the swings he takes, it's not like anybody else right now is even taking those swings in the first place.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 27, 2025

Corbet’s directorial choices are unapologetically bold, from the film’s sweeping orchestral score to its arresting, near-mythic imagery. Yet for all its spectacle, the film is at its best in the quiet moments—the intensity of a gaze, the hesitation in ...

| Original Score: 3.5 | Feb 26, 2025

You can’t say the film isn’t zealous, well-thought-out and lovingly crafted – it’s lovingly shot, rich in detail, tonally dense and utterly absorbing.

| Feb 26, 2025

Watch The Brutalist for the performances and for its political commentary. It's trying to say a great many things and will require a rewatch and discussions to assimilate them all.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 26, 2025

Isaach De Bankolé makes the most of very little, but it’s not enough to uplift a script that only depicts Blackness through stereotypes.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 25, 2025

I don’t know whether polygraphs really work but if they do, I would bet many people who claim to have enjoyed this movie would fail such a test.

| Feb 24, 2025

Exceptional acting. The screenplay not so good.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 24, 2025