After seeing so many people rave about this film and say it is the best of 2024 I was somewhat excited and intrigued to watch this. I have loved Adrien Brody as an actor since The Pianist and after watching the trailers for The Brutalist I figured this film would be that level of quality.
Unfortunately that is not remotely the case. While Guy Pearce and Adrien Brody give great performances, the film itself just does not work at all. It starts off great with beautiful cinematography and what seems to be a great story but it all just falls apart after the intermission.
Honestly to me at least it felt like two separate movies. The first half was interesting, unique and engaging while the second half felt like watching paint dry it was so boring. What makes it even more bizzare is the pacing feels like it goes from 0 to 100 and at the same time nothing really happens.
If you enjoy looking at buildings/architecture for nearly 3 hours and 40 minutes maybe this movie is for you. For me though this is one of those films that came out just to take home a ton of awards because it's "art".
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