a Frankenstein variant as the title character is physically as strong as the cattle he slaughters, yet the gentle soul remains vulnerable to the charms of women
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02/25/08
El Bruto (1952)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A working-class tough is hired to terrorize the tenants of a Mexico City apartment complex by the landlord. He kills one of the tenants and then falls in love with the victim's daughter, only to... [More]
Starring: Katy Jurado, Pedro Armendariz, Andres Soler, Rosita Arenas
Director: Luis Buñuel
Reviews for El Bruto
1 - 9 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
[A] rambunctious, entertaining film.
11/29/07
No review available.
07/06/05
No review available.
03/05/04
Disturbing Bunuel film.
08/14/03
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05/24/03
Bunuel, for the first time in his life, was busy earning a decent living by turning out popular comedies and melodramas for Latin American audiences and, occasionally, making films of real distinction. El Bruto is not one of these.
05/20/03
Top CriticSure, El Bruto is relatively apolitical but that's because Buñuel is drunk on animal magnetism.
05/18/02
One of the excellent early films Buñuel made while in Mexico.
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