When the new warden comes in disguised as an inmate, he sees firsthand all the corruption and scams the guards and prison officials are running. After disclosing his real identity, he sets out to correct.
21 August 1929, Warsaw, Indiana, USA
30 November 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 November 1947, Florida, USA
25 November 1936, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
12 May 1941, Waterloo, Iowa, USA
12 August 1947, USA
28 October 1939, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
25 June 1949, San Diego, California, USA
24 March 1923, Washington, North Carolina, USA
July 19, 1944 in Los Angeles County, California, USA
10 December 1939, Marceline, Missouri, USA
31 March 1924, San Bernardino, California, USA
31 August 1931, Mineola, Texas, USA
11 September 1926, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 May 1928, Sops Arm, Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
18 March 1944, Colorado City, Texas, USA
6 June 1926, Portsmouth, Ohio, USA
28 October 1936, New York City, New York, USA
18 August 1936, Santa Monica, California, USA
22 June 1959, Findlay, Ohio, USA
9 March 1939, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
March 01, 2004
Robert Redford, in a surprise acting tour de force, really stretches his style and mannerisms to become Henry Brubaker.
June 12, 2012
Inspired by fact, this politically conscious prison drama is well written (script was Oscar nominated), but only decently acted by Redford, who might not have been the right choice.
March 09, 2010
It was hard to sit through two hours of such brutality and misery and say you enjoyed it.
June 09, 2013
The first half-hour is powerful stuff, but after Brubaker reveals his true identity, the movie begins to falter, with the one-dimensional nature of the characters (particularly the warden himself) eventually stripping the story of any dramatic charge.
April 08, 2006
Redford is the main attraction, obviously, even though his princely good looks -- like the movie's 'idealistic crusader against the Establishment' earnestness -- are almost too much of a good thing.
August 09, 2002
A good, not great, movie that reps a solid, mid-career performance by Redford.
May 21, 2003
Robert Redford puts in a stellar performance as a zealous prison reformer in this meditation on the ardor of idealism.
May 15, 2013
I never felt that I was wasting my time watching 'Brubaker,' only that it could have been a more dramatic and taut prison movie-which is odd, because it's directed by Stuart Rosenberg ('Cool Hand Luke').
November 08, 2004
intense and a bit cliched
