2006 · drama · mystery · crime
Brick
Directed by Rian Johnson1h 50m2006
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Our read: Brick (2006) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · mystery · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- inventive
- cold
- twisty
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How Brick feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want hard-boiled noir in high school and will track every coded line.”
Skip it tonight — You dislike deciphering stylized teen slang instead of relaxing into story.
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