Brick is a moody atmospheric mystery film with dialogues straight out of a 1940's hard-boiled detective masterpiece with visuals influenced cowboy bebop, the film takes place in a High School and you might think that teenager doing detective work is silly well the movie makes jokes about that, the film is very cheap in a good way because the film is about high schoolers so it adds to the mystique, the sound quality is little muddied in some places and will i do like the dialogue it does sound a little confusing because of sound quality, some of the side characters are under used, overall the movie is great you should watch it

It May not be Black & White, but Brick does follow the same structure as a film noir because of its mystery sort of feeling or mood to it. I like the modern take of it and especially the characters, like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, all do an amazing job of playing their characters.I Think the general tone, or mood of the film is a typical murder mystery type of thing, but with all the characters played as Teens it does add a weird and goofy kinda feeling to it. With the mysterious mood of the film, it left me with a desire to know what happens next through out the entire film. After watching it, it keeps you thinking after everything comes together and makes sense in the end. The dialogue does alienate the audience a bit but it also doesn't. I would say the films dialogue does make it seem like it was for sure from a different time from today which gives it a quality of unfamiliarity but not too much to the point where it completely alienates the audience.I really liked the film from its mysterious mood and its slightly foreign dialogue. They do a great job of making a modern film noir and though it might not be an insanely high budget film the story was all around great and i wouldn't change a thing.

Brick is a film where a lot happen at the same time. It has many aspects of film noir. For example, the PIN wears trench coats and hats. The actors use guns, cigarettes as well as fight a lot. Brick tells a dangerous story about a high school boy who chooses the way in the life of high school crime because of his disappeared ex-girlfriend. These dangerous atmospheres and fast fights are typical for film noir, but the movie isn't in black and white. In general it is a brutal film and the most of the time the mood is strained and despairing because of the mystery about the main actors ex-girlfriend. I think this film is confusing. The specific vocabulary makes the movie difficult to understand and this makes it hard to follow the movie. At least it wouldn't be my favorite film because it was difficult to understand and every character is a kind of aggressive. I would change it because they fight all the time and many times without a good reason. It isn't exciting when people fight in each conversation they have. I would change it that they fight less and only in crucial parts. More over, I would change the end of the fights because the main character ends the same way. Most of the time, the main character starts the fight by putting his glasses away. Finally, I think that the basic story is a pretty good idea but I would reduce the violence.

The Brick is quite like many film noirs as it includes a very cynical protagonist who has some shady dealings, he is also trying to solve a crime in a dark and mysterious setting, finally there is definitely a femfatal or two. However, unlike other more classic film noirs it takes place in or close to the present and as opposed to fallowing a hardened criminal or a private detective, it fallows an angry albeit intelligent high school student, with most of the other characters being teenagers too. As such the film is classified as a neo noir film. This style gives it all the charm of most noir films with a new back drop. This is a large part of the reason why I found the movie so enjoyable. The movie like many great noir films leaves you jumping at shadow and confused Intel the end. Although the film can often be a little confusing do to the unusual dialog and terminology of the film but this does add something to the mystery and some thing to the atmosphere of the film so in the end it can be forgiven for them. So if your looking for a good noir film that has something new then this is the film for you.