In 89 minutes, Jesse Eisenberg says more about the post-Holocaust American immigrant experience than The Brutalist says in 215.
This lean feast is elevated by a strong ensemble of memorable supporting actors, with Kieran Culkin sucking all the air out of the room in a tornado of a performance that deserves every award it’s receiving.
I suspect this would make a killer double feature with Hard Truths. Come to think of it, that double feature would still be 29 minutes shorter than The Brutalist.
when i worked at blockbuster i had to tell people they were renting the R-rated edit. “if you wanna see Ewan’s dick you have to go across town to the independent video store.”
doing more
for the culture
than BROS.
the first official gay hallmark movie is about as hallmark-cringe as you’d expect…until the third act monologue, where our gay hero explains to a straight how he’s scared of commitment because he grew up in a world where gays were told they could not get married so it was never an option until a few years ago. and the way i wept.
