Product Description

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)System Requirements:Running Time: 110 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 025192866326 Manufacturer No: 28663

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1329 in DVD
• Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
• Released on: 2006-08-08
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 110 minutes

Amazon.com
High school collides with hard-boiled film noir in the twisty, cunning Brick. When he gets a mysterious message from his ex-girlfriend, a high school loner named Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin) starts to dig into a crisscrossed web of drugs and duplicity, eventually getting entwined in the criminal doings of a teenage crime lord known as the Pin (Lukas Haas), his thuggish henchman Tugger (Noah Fleiss, Joe the King), and a mysterious girl named Laura (Nora Zehetner, Fifty Pills). Brick has not only the seductive, labyrinthine plot of a crime thriller by Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) or Raymond Chandler (Farewell, My Lovely) but also a dense high-school version of hard-boiled lingo that's both comic and poetic. The movie unfolds with headlong momentum as Brendan manipulates, fights, and staggers his way through layers of high-school society. Gordon-Levitt is excellent; between this and the equally compelling Mysterious Skin, he's left his 3rd Rock from the Sun days behind. Also featuring Meagan Good (Waist Deep) and Richard Roundtree (Shaft). --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

SOLID AS A BRICK
I caught this movie late at night and stayed up until 2 to finish it. I was drawn in by Gordon-Levitt and the kinetic pacing. It reminded me a bit of River's Edge, another film that pulls you into its web. At times you sorta feel like you're watching, Fight Club, or Guy Richie film, but then it comes back to the characters and that is what makes this film different. Lukas Haas is prefectly cast, and when he sort of pops up, it's like, finally somebody is using this talent young character actor, I really dont understand how, Shia LaBouef gets so much work and somebody like Haas, is rarely seen, but I digress, anyway, Haas really sets the pace for the latter half of the film. Without getting into the specifics of the film, (FYI, I loathe when reviewers practically recite the screenplay word for word) I will say that it is story of a loner, Gordon-Levitt, his love for a girl that is unrequinted, the mystery surrounding her, and Gordon-Levitts pursuit of the truth, through a maze of blowback. Highly recommended, you won't be disappointed.

Mysterious!
This movie is great because it can be watched repeatedly, and each time the viewer will learn something new! It has an excellent dark mood, and it is fascinating how the filmmakers updated the film noir genre to a modern day high school. I loved the way the characters talked in this film. It is almost like a poem, which admittedly may take some time to get used to. I recommend watching this movie once without subtitles to focus on the action and once with subtitles to uncover all the secret, twisting dialogue. This movie will leave you with a lot to ponder for a week or two!

Horrible dialog
The trailer was very intriguing, so I was excited to watch this movie. I was so disappointed. The dialog was so bad, as if the writer was just trying too hard to sound witty and smart. But what came out were words that sounded kinda like English, but I had no idea what they were saying. The actors mumbled a lot, too. At the 53 minute mark, I ceased to care what happened next.