Rent Brick (2005)

Brick. - Brick review by CP Customer

'Brick' involves a loner high school teenager receiving a frantic and mysterious call from his ex-girlfriend, and as she soon thereafter disappears, he sets out on his own to figure out where she is and what happened to her. It leads him into a high school crime ring (drugs) where he works his way in with the people to get more answers. It's actually kind of hard to describe because I feel like I have to watch this movie another time to pick up on everything again. The dialog in this movie is very heavy and moves fast. It's a different approach, and a lot of times I find myself trying to put things together to further understand the story, but something new would come up, giving you no chance to really digest anything. Also, some of this didn't seem completely realistic when you take into account the mature role a lot of these teenage kids were cast in. I felt like this was more of an adult situation with high school kids thrown in. It didn't feel like high school. This movie probably isn't for everyone, but I liked it. By the end, I was hooked and wanted to see how it would be resolved. Give it a shot if you are into the detective-role movies.

Chandler in the Canteen - Brick review by griggs

At times Brick dazzles with style—so much that it veers into style over substance. Rian Johnson’s debut has the trappings of classic noir: sharp shadows, sharper talk, and a brooding loner in Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It’s a knowing homage that dips into Chandler and Hammett without collapsing into cliché. On paper, it sings. On screen, it wobbles.

The dialogue crackles like it’s been lifted from the 1940s, which works if you’re imagining smoky nightclubs but less so when it’s tossed around locker-lined hallways. It’s faintly absurd to see femme fatales styled with old-Hollywood glamour, channeling Barbara Stanwyck, while the rest of the cast looks as if they’ve just stepped out of a Gap catalogue. That clash between heightened performance and suburban setting gives it a school-play vibe, earnest yet self-conscious.

Still, there’s charm in the audacity. Johnson loves the genre and isn’t afraid to twist it into new shapes. Brick doesn’t always balance its conceit, but when it does, you glimpse a clever puzzle-box of a movie that drags noir into the school canteen.

brick, ''as thick as'' - Brick review by CP Customer

no leave it, even when on tv free its poor to say the best for it,

hope the guys dont get another chance to show there 'skills'??