Brick (2005)
First time director Rian Johnson made this independent film for less than $500,000 with a cast including Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Nora Zehetner. A high school student's ex-girlfriend is mixed up in some sort of drugs dealing problem and he wants to help her out.
This high school drama is very clearly shot through the lens of film noir and contains many of the usual plot and character elements but in an unusual setting. What could have been a gimmick does work fairly well even if the film is a little fast talking and the plot gets a little exposition heavy at times. In general this is a good first film if not without it's flaws and not especially original.
3/5
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