Review of Brubaker (1980) by Jay Scott for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 16 Jul 1998
Brubaker is an earnest, right-minded, consistently unsurprising movie about a penologist named Brubaker (Robert Redford), who sets out to reform a single corrupt prison and finds himself bucking an entire system, including the state administration that appointed him to his job.
It says a lot about a movie that the only mildly interesting characters in it are those who are corrupt, such as the insurance-selling member of the prison board, played by Murray Hamilton, and a smarmy building contractor, played by M.
Emmet Walsh, who attempts to buy Brubaker's neighborly good feelings with a homemade chocolate cake.
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This review of Brubaker (1980) was written by Jay Scott and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 16 Jul 1998.
Brubaker has generally received positive reviews.
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