Adrien Brody shines in this sprawling, uneven American epic that bites off more than it can chew.
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Director Brady Corbet's three-and-a-half-hour film is an ambitious but flawed attempt to explore the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe through the lens of a prominent American architect.
Brody's powerhouse performance as the architect is the standout, but the movie's narrative scope is too broad, leaving supporting characters underdeveloped and the overall message muddled.