Brick (2005)

Synopsis: A high school student's ex-girlfriend tells him she is in serious trouble but won't explain it except in the vaguest of terms. Some days later he finds her dead body. He sets up an investigation on his own.

Appraisal: A mimicry stunt which just does not have enough stamina to work on its own, without the heavy burden of cultural reference it carries. The dialogue is crisp to the point of affectation but the story plods along flatly. More or less similar things have been done before, as comedy though. Once, in the film Plain Clothes (1988), and I think the other one was a TV episode, but of which show? "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", probably.

Rating: 47