El Bruto (The Brute) (1952)

88% of critics liked it
(8 reviews)
72% of users liked it
(534 ratings)

A Bunuel melodrama about a man conned into harassing tenants that his boss wants evicted. Other complications along the line are his seduction by the boss's mistress and his falling in love with a girl whose father he has accidentally murdered. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: Luis Buñuel
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Feb 5, 1953 Wide
On DVD: Oct 23, 2007
Studio: Media Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Vincent Canby, New York Times
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.
John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews
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
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
[A] rambunctious, entertaining film.
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Disturbing Bunuel film.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Sure, El Bruto is relatively apolitical but that's because Buñuel is drunk on animal magnetism.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
One of the excellent early films Buñuel made while in Mexico.