Home > Movies > B > Brick

MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rian Johnson
Genre: Detective Film, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Mystery
Release Date: March 31, 2006 (USA
Rating:

News:
• This Week's Movie Buzz: See It, Rent It, Or Skip It?
More News >>

Summary:
A tough-talking teen attempts to uncover his ex-girlfriend's killer in director Rian Johnson's hard-boiled high-school noir, told in the style of a Dashiell Hammett mystery. An outsider by nature, Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to penetrate the elaborate ranks of the high-school social scene and its more insidious underbelly when the body... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (Brendan Fry)
Nora Zehetner - (Laura)
Lukas Haas - (The Pin)
Noah Fleiss - (Tugg)
Noah Segan - (Dode)
All Cast & Crew >>

Review:
A film noir that takes place at a high school sounds impossible to pull off. It smacks of a director mashing together disparate styles just to watch them clash. And yet, Brick transcends all of these trappings to become one of the best films in years ... Continue >>

Similar Movies:
2008Assassination of a High School President
2007Havoc 2: Normal Adolescent Behavior
2006Alpha Dog
More Similar Movies >>

Browse More Movies:
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z