Brick

Name: Brick
Released: 2006-3-31
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Nora Zehetner, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary

Brick

R
1h 49m
2006

79%

age 17+

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Brendan Frye is a loner, someone who knows all the angles but has chosen to stay on the outside. When the girl he loves turns up dead, he is determined to find the "who" and "why" and plunges into the dark and dangerous social strata of rich girl Laura, intimidating Tug, drug-addled Dode, seductive Kara, and the ominous Pin. But who can he really trust? These are the ingredients of Brick, a gritty and provocative thriller that critics describe as "a clever, twist-filled whodunit!" (Claudia Puig, USA Today)

Director:

Rian Johnson

Producer:

Writer:

Rian Johnson

Cast:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Nora Zehetner, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Segan, Meagan Good, Richard Roundtree

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

79%

Critics Consensus: This entertaining homage to noirs past has been slickly and compellingly updated to a contemporary high school setting.

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

Rian Johnson boldly decided to mash together a high school flick and a neo-noir, and the result is...

Brick is quotable, clever and cryptic...

...it's impossible not to wish that the first-time filmmaker hadn't leaned quite so heavily on the...

Smart, stylized teen whodunit with violence and drugs.

Noir fits "Brick" like a glove, stylishly injecting assured tough talk, vice-grip tension, black h...

January 18, 2018

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Smart, stylized teen whodunit with violence and drugs.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Brick is a highly stylized crime drama, wherein a teen detective tries to solve a case involving murder and cocaine. There is some strong violence, mostly punching and fighting, though characters are stabbed and shot (with blood shown). Teen pregnancy is discussed. A secondary character is a drug dealer, and though a "brick" of cocaine is shown, characters are not seen using drugs or high on drugs.