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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Rian Johnson
Genres: Detective Film, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Mystery
Released Date: March 31, 2006 (USA
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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 of his former girlfri... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (Brendan Fry)
Nora Zehetner - (Laura)
Lukas Haas - (The Pin)
Noah Fleiss - (Tugg)
Noah Segan - (Dode)
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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. It might seem impossible, but only if you forget what the film noir approach really is. T... Continue >>

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