Brick

The noir style had yet to recieve a modern facelift until this film came along, and the placement of that style in the high school setting makes this a most remarkable movie.

Absolutely brilliantly realized transportation of the hard-boiled genre and inherent noir themes to a high school setting. The tightness of its meticulous narrative impressed me in a way not unlike that in 'Primer', another superior, independent favorite of mine. Almost too convoluted for their own good, the movies seem inaccessible at first but both massively reward repeat viewings. Rian J. won for originality of vision at Sundance and his brother (who did the score) and Joseph G-L. also excel.

I was expecting this to feel a lot more gimmicky, but the story and the dialogue really felt like a true noir. A terrific homage.

Supposedly film-noir for kids, and so contrived from beginning to end, it transcends ludicrousness into plain torture. The rapid-fire dialogue is so clever it's moronic. Why do people buy into this pulp crap? A crushing blow to the head with a brick would be a rather more satisfying experience than sitting through Brick.

This movie is absolutely fantastic. I'm blown away at how perfectly film noir was adapted into a high school setting for this. It's witty, clever and smart. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is great, as usual. My only complaint was that the audio was a bit mumbly in some parts and, even after rewatching it multiple times, I had to turn on subtitles to understand what was being said. Of course this might've been the intent or the love budget but I still found it distracting. Otherwise absolutely amazing.