However, Leigh makes Daisy all her own as the film's only female lead among a group of brutish men. (etonline.com)
Also, in 2017, it seems (to this reviewer, anyway) that the appeal of tales of noblesse oblige, or of women falling in love with brutish men who initially menace them, has dimmed (or should have). (filmfestivaltoday.com)
Everything is shaken with the arrival of Bane (Tom Hardy), a brutish man bent on bringing Gotham to its knees. (weliveentertainment.com)