5/10. Gritty film noir involving students of a suburban California high school. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Brendan, a high school loner who navigates the school's cliques to find out who murdered his ex-girlfriend.
At first this film comes off as silly. High school kids, getting mixed up in overly serious situations, bantering back and forth like criminals out of an Edward G. Robinson movie. But, if you suspend your disbelief, and overcome the extremely poor sound mixing, and are able to understand what they are saying to each other, this throwback to California noir of yesteryear ends up being pretty entertaining.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt wasn't too shabby in one of his first post Third Rock starring roles. Though I've seen better work on his part, he did the best he could with what was given.
I probably would have rated this film higher if it just weren't for the fact that these are kids in this movie. I'm sure people have heard that films are all just about playing dress up or pretend. Well that's what Brick came across as being. Like a shined up version of some high school play, like Dawson's Creek without all the "issues" or doucheness. It was entertaining enough though, I only cought myself looking at the clock a few times, plus I finished the movie, which is more than I can say for some other indie films.
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