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Brick
2006
Brick follows the path of the hard-boiled noir mystery but wittily and bracingly immerses itself in a modern-day Southern California high school. Student Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin) prefers being an outsider and he stays that way until the day that his ex-girlfriend Emily (Emilie de Ravin - Lost) .. Read more
| Starring | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss |
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| Director | Rian Johnson |
| Genres | Drama |
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Brick
Brick follows the path of the hard-boiled noir mystery but wittily and bracingly immerses itself in a modern-day Southern California high school. Student Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin) prefers being an outsider and he stays that way until the day that his ex-girlfriend Emily (Emilie de Ravin - Lost) vanishes. He becomes consumed with finding her and this single-minded determination thrusts him headlong into the colliding social hierarchy of the school - rich-girl femme fatales, intimidating jocks, geeks and stoners are all suspects in his search. But it's only by gaining acceptance into closely guarded inner circle of local dealer The Pin (Lukas Haas) that Brendan will be able to uncover the truth about himself, Emily and the suspects that he is getting closer to. An original, absorbing mystery that will leave you spellbound.
| Starring | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Segan, Meagan Good |
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| Director | Rian Johnson |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 18 Sep 2006 Blu-ray: 20 Jul 2009 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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You don't have to have read Dashiell Hammett's crime novels to have a sense of the cynical, hard-boiled style he helped forge in the 1920s and 30s. The definitive Humphrey... read more »
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Don't believe the hype
I'd read dozens of reviews for this film. They all seemed to agree that this was some kind of masterpiece that fused the high school drama with film noir in an original, fresh and exciting way.
As a fan of both of these genres, I was so looking forward to seeing this film - man, was I disappointed!
The only things fused are pretentiousness and twaddle. I would write more but having given up an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back, I'm reluctant to waste any more time.
Avoid, avoid... this film is a void. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Torture
The acting, the cinematography, the script - they were all horrific!
I persevere with most things but had no option but to turn this film off halfway through. If I had not I would have been found dead the next morning, killed by sheer boredom! -
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Brick - BLU-RAY Version
A detective story set around a California high school, BRICK dares to combine the teen and film noir genres. In mixing these two disparate worlds, Director Rian Johnson creates many comically jarring and ironic moments. When loner Brendan Frye (a barely recognizable Joseph Gordon-Levitt of THIRD ...
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