Is The Brutalist worth watching in the UK?

The Brutalist (2024) has a Celluloid Score of 83%, averaged across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. It comes recommended overall. Directed by Brady Corbet.

What is the Metascore for The Brutalist?

The Brutalist has a Metascore of 90 out of 100 on Celluloid.

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Drama Venice 2024 · Silver Lion – Best Director Editor's Pick

The Brutalist Review (2024) — 83% Celluloid Score

Directed by Brady Corbet · 2024 · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

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Answer Summary

The Brutalist (2024) earns a 83% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (93%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (80%).

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

83%

Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

93% Critic Score

80% Audience

90 Metascore

★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4

7.3 IMDb /10

Runtime: 3h 35m
Cast: Adrien Brody , Felicity Jones , Guy Pearce

🏆 11 award wins · 9 nominations — Won Best Actor, Academy Awards 2025

Official theatrical poster for The Brutalist (2024)

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Why this score?

Strong critic approval (93% positive).
General viewers mostly liked it (80%).
Metascore signals universal acclaim (90/100).
Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4/5).
Celluloid Score 83% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

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 83% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

An audacious, VistaVision-shot epic of immigration and artistic obsession — monumental in scale and ambition, with a towering Adrien Brody at its centre.
Celluloid Critics Consensus

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.