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8.4 stars out of 10 (42 votes)  -  login or register to rate this film

Synopsis

BRICK, while taking its cues and its verbal style from the novels of Dashiell Hammett, also honors the rich cinematic tradition of the hard-boiled noir mystery, here wittily and bracingly immersed in fresh territory - a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school.

Film Information

• Genre: Drama / Mystery
• Director: Rian Johnson
• Written By: Rian Johnson
• Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Nora Zehetner, Noah Segan, Noah Fleiss, Emilie de Ravin, and Meagan Good
• Running Time: 110 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for violent and drug content
• Language: English
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Reviews

"Manages to be visually arresting, packed with geeky allusions to everything from Raymond Chandler to "Blue Velvet.""

   - Scott Tobias, The Onion (A.V. Club)

"A Big Sleep with underage bozos, a Maltese Falcon where the stuff that dreams are made of rests in the lockers of a well-worn high school, BRICK is a remarkable oddity, audacious and engaging."

   - Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun

"With brilliant dialogue out of the 1940s and graceful visuals that add depth to the dark comedy, Johnson debuts with a smart, self-assured feature that portrays adolescence like no other film has."

   - Jeremy Mathews, Film Threat

"BRICK is Bogart goes to high school, in other words, but that thumbnail description doesn't begin to convey the lasting pleasures of Rian Johnson's directorial debut."

   - Ty Burr, Boston Globe

"Johnson also grabs hold of a fundamental truth and seduces us with it: The schoolyard can be the noirest burg of all."

   - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

Showtimes

• Wednesday, June 14th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Thursday, June 15th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Friday, June 16th
  5:30 pm, 8:00 pm, 10:30 pm
• Saturday, June 17th
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Sunday, June 18th
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Monday, June 19th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Tuesday, June 20th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Wednesday, June 21st
  9:30 pm
• Thursday, June 22nd
  7:00 pm
• Friday, June 23rd
  5:30 pm, 10:30 pm
• Saturday, June 24th
  4:30 pm, 9:30 pm
• Sunday, June 25th
  4:30 pm
• Monday, June 26th
  7:00 pm
• Tuesday, June 27th
  9:30 pm