Review of Brick (2006) by Spangle — 23 Oct 2015
Brick is the type of movie to really piss me off. It feels so self-important and, honestly, gives off an air of being better than everybody else. This comes through loud-and-clear in the dialogue as it just feels like an immature and juvenile film that was made by some obnoxious film school student.
Tragically, I do like Rian Johnson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but this film annoyed the living hell out of me. The plot is aimless and stupid and when it all comes together at the end, it somehow becomes dumber.
A film made on a shoestring budget, it certainly shows a lot of directorial promise for Johnson (that was certainly fulfilled with Looper), but man oh man was I let down by this. Brick is the film equivalent of an annoying teenager who thinks he's smarter than everybody else.
This review of Brick (2006) was written by Spangle on 23 Oct 2015.
Brick has generally received positive reviews.
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