This is the movie I wanted Brick to be. Unsparing in its depiction of halting teenage awkwardness, it goes even further and uses that awkwardness as a tool to develop suspense. The sharp camera-work places the characters in their setting, them isolates them as they get further embroiled in the plot. And the drone-y, moody score interacts with that teenage cringiness to produce scenes that are almost unbearable in their tension. I’m going to have to sleep on the third…
