I Watched The Brutalist, And Now I Need To Talk About Why All Long Movies Should Have Intermissions
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I Watched The Brutalist, And Now I Need To Talk About Why All Long Movies Should Have Intermissions



Anytime a movie is over two-and-a-half hours I have to brace myself. I know I’m in for a long haul, and a lot of the time, I dread it. In fact, sometimes it can make me put off seeing a film. There’s no denying a long runtime like this can make or break a movie. So, when I saw one of the best movies of 2024, The Brutalist, I was overwhelmed by its three-and-a-half-hour runtime and I was dreading seeing it. Thankfully, though, there was an intermission halfway through, and experiencing that showed me why all long movies need a break in the middle.

Following The Brutalist winning many 2025 Golden Globes, I knew I needed to trek to the theater to see it, despite being turned off by its runtime. However, I knew Brady Corbet’s movie had an intermission, which lessened the blow a bit, but I didn’t realize how much it’d help the movie succeed.



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