Brick

What a great indie treat this movie is!

An inspired film noir set in modern times. The lead channels Bogie from The Big Sleep while the writer/director obviously did the same. The dialogue is straight from the 40's, the rest is indie magic.

It might take a few minutes for the style of words to sink in but once they do you are set to enjoy this great movie about a man who solves his ex-girlfriend's murder....in high school. Joseph Gordon Levitt (fresh from Mysterious Skin) plays Brendan, actually he seems less like he is playing Brendan and more like him, what a tremendous job of acting.

The movie is throughly enjoyable in every sense. It is smart, not much humor, intense, and engrossing. You will feel sucked into this small time world of drugs and thugs as Brendan struggles to put all the pieces to the puzzle together with the help of his friend Brain, his only real peer.

This high school Holmes is a serious Veronica Mars sans one liners. He is tough but takes a few beatings along the way ala Sam Spade or Phillip Marlowe in his quest for the truth. If I could only write this well. I have the camera and editing skills to make this movie.