THE BRUTALIST (2024)

I can be trite and and say that it’s brutal. I can point out its honesty. The unsympathetic cinematography. The wide open line reads. The unattractiveness. Large relationships are presented and vanish and character endings are left dangling. It alludes to deeds unseen and skips over the fallout and resolutions. Is it a raw and meandering biopic or a succession of slices of life?  It often takes its sweet time getting to where it wants to be, and it won’t be places you expect or even want to be, all while presenting large ideas about life, politics, religion, sex. It’s depressing, ugly, uncomfortable, boring and not altogether inspiring. It’s brutal alright. And I can’t stop thinking about it.

WATCH OR NOT: WATCH

Additional musings: We suggest splitting it over two nights.