
Brick
A detective story.
Set in high school but styled like a classic film noir, this captivating mystery follows Brendan, a sharp, solitary student who avoids the usual high school cliques and chaos. His quiet life is shattered when his ex-girlfriend Emily is found dead in a storm drain—just two days after she made a panicked, cryptic call to him from a payphone. Determined to uncover the truth, Brendan teams up with the school’s resident genius, "Brain," and dives into the tangled social web of jocks, stoners, and alluring drama kids. As he digs deeper, Brendan uncovers a sinister underworld lurking beneath the surface—one far darker and more dangerous than he ever expected.
- Year: 2006
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Studio: Bergman Lustig Productions
- Keyword: drug dealer, high school, california, ex-girlfriend, investigation, manipulation, lone wolf, halloween party, murder, disappearance, whodunit, drugs, criminal underworld, drug lord, ex-boyfriend ex-girlfriend relationship, loner, loose cannon, criminal organization, murder mystery, neo-noir, hardboiled detective, drug kingpin, secret pregnancy, independent film, teenager
- Director: Rian Johnson
- Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie de Ravin, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary