Just spent over 3.5 hours with The Brutalist,
one of this year’s most highly acclaimed films. There was a 15 minute built-in intermission which I appreciated. I thought the film was good, not great, but the most impressive aspect of the film was how much the director, Brady Corbet, was able to achieve with just a 10 million dollar budget, which is quite measly for such a monumental project. Adrian Brody was exceptional in the role of an architect /holocaust survivor and his immigrant experience in America and his journey trying to achieve the American dream. Felicity Jones, as his wife, was also stellar. I thought the billionaire character, played by Guy Pearce, who plays the architect’s rich benefactor was kind of cartoonishly written, but was impactful nonetheless. The film is kind of a downer in the long, very long, run. Anybody else see this film?