TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

ecollins-09795 Brick is an ambitious film, but it really does fall short. The cinematography is quite possibly it's best aspect (not to say all other aspects were bad) because it evokes a certain amateurish style in which we see exceptional techniques. However, the editing was so poor that it takes away from the cinematography. Littered with mid-scene jump cuts that serve no purpose, I was constantly removed from the story to question: "What the hell was that?" While I understand this was Rian's first film and it had a low budget, I will not lower my standards of what makes a great film to cater to his practical inadequacies. Moving on to the writing, I see what Rian was going for in creating noir characters in a contemporary setting but I feel that he over-embellished the dialogue with so many idioms and slang that the audience becomes lost in the story's trajectory. i also understand how some films are more concerned with characters and atmosphere, rather than the logic of the story. For instance, The Big Lebowski (also based on hard-boiled novel) develops the characters as the Dude tries to replace his rug. Yet, itt wasn't about the rug, Bunny, or Jackie Treehorn's conspiracy, it's about these fricken awesome characters, and it works! Here, not so much. These characters, purely based within noir archetypes, have little if any identifiable or redeemable qualities. Which means it's hard to give a crap how it ends. Having said that, it is a film that is certainly worth a watch, as is any film where the audience has such polar reactions.

srstolz Low budget, but very high in script and thought quality, this neo-noir has Chandler's trademarks: wit, its own argot, complexity and a final awful moment of realisation. Great stuff.

Alan Smithee Esq. An excellent neo-noire mystery set in high school. Such a great who done it flick with an amazing cast, talented director and plot that digs its hooks into you and pulls you through a spider web of deceit, drugs and shady characters. It's one part "Chinatown" and one part "Beverley Hills 90210". Check it out.

genicoletti Brick is an ''ok'' representation of old films noir in nowadays. It makes a great job in producing all the mystery and suspense atmosphere that old movies of the genre could create. The color editing, the way that the characters speaks and acts, it makes you feel the tense climate but it also makes the film a bit boring because of the long dialogues scenes.The movie happens in a modern high school and has a nerdy looking guy named Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as the main character. He starts searching for his ex-girlfriend, Emily (Emilie de Ravin) when she calls him asking for his help. After finding her dead body, Brendan goes deeper in secrets and crime gangs.In general, Brick is a good film for who wants to remember an old noir but it lacks in creating good characters and there's no introduction at all: the film fails in creating a relationship between the characters and the audience, their personalities are very bad and forgetful, it's very artificial; it looks like there's no introduction to the film, when it starts things are already going on, you don't even know who is the main character, maybe it's part of the genre but it was not made in a good way this time. I would change a lot in the characters, maybe put a bit of emotion to them and add an introduction explaining what is going on and things that happened that have lead to the situation.