The Brutalist Review (2024) — 84% Celluloid Score
Directed by Brady Corbet · 2024 ·
The Brutalist (2024) earns a 84% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (93%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (80%).
Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.
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🏆 12 award wins · 9 nominations — Won Best Actor, Academy Awards 2025
A24 Where to watch
- HBO Max
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, Fandango at Home
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, Fandango at Home
Where to watch The Brutalist by country
| Country | Streaming on |
|---|---|
| India | Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar |
| Indonesia | Netflix |
| Japan | Prime Video |
| Malaysia | Netflix |
| Pakistan | Netflix |
| Philippines | Netflix |
| South Korea | Netflix |
| Thailand | Netflix |
| Turkey | Prime Video |
| United Arab Emirates | Netflix |
| United Kingdom | Sky Cinema |
| United States | HBO Max |
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Why this score?
- Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (93/100).
- General viewers mostly liked it (80%).
- Metascore signals universal acclaim (90/100).
- Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4/5).
- Celluloid Score 84% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.
Best for
- Viewers who want a well-regarded drama pick
- Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience
- Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers
Not ideal for
- Viewers who dislike long runtimes
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Is The Brutalist worth watching?
Yes — The Brutalist earns a 84% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Celluloid Verdict
An audacious, VistaVision-shot epic of immigration and artistic obsession — monumental in scale and ambition, with a towering Adrien Brody at its centre.
Celluloid editorial verdict
Critics (93%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (80%).
What is The Brutalist about?
A Hungarian-Jewish architect survives the Holocaust and emigrates to America, where a wealthy industrialist's patronage promises to resurrect his genius — and slowly reveals the cost, cruelty and compromise buried in the foundations of the postwar American dream.
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Critic Reviews
The Brutalist Review: An Immigrant Epic Built to the Scale of Its Ambition
★★★★★
Brady Corbet's The Brutalist is a 215-minute, VistaVision-shot epic of immigration, art and the cruelty buried in American patronage — a monumental swing of a film anchored by a towering Adrien Brody.
A staggeringly ambitious old-Hollywood epic with a modern conscience — occasionally overreaching, but unforgettable. Major, muscular filmmaking.
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