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average score
2.00*

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The Brutalist

2024 / 216m - USA
Drama
2.0*/5.0*
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There are some interesting touches here, but for the most part, it's a blatant Oscar contender that uses its runtime to impress more than anything else. For a film about an architect, very little is done with actual architecture. Instead, most of the film revolves around the architect's life (and struggles).

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I didn't care much for the music, but at least it tried to get itself noticed. The cinematography was rather bland, the performances lacked depth, and the runtime was excessive. You'd have thought they would have tried harder to translate the architectural style into cinematic traits, but they clearly didn't want to risk losing the audience. As for the little audio AI spat, what silly nonsense that was.