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Brick
2005
· Movie
· 110 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2175
- IMDb #1966
- Google retired #2888
- Rotten Tomatoes #1359
- Metacritic #1913
- Letterboxd #1490
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2123
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #991
- Metacritic Critics #1285
- Metacritic Audience #3186
- Criticker #794
- Douban #1789
- Kinopoisk #2814
- AlloCiné #3886
- Trakt #2415
Every rating
56–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A loner high school student receives a frantic phone call from his ex-girlfriend and soon after discovers her body. Determined to find her killer, he immerses himself in the complex social hierarchy and underworld of his suburban high school. Using a hardboiled detective's vernacular and methods, he navigates a web of lies, drug dealers, and various cliques to unravel the mystery surrounding her death.
Details
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Writer
- Rian Johnson
- Studio
- Bergman Lustig Productions
- Released
- 31 March 2006
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $475.0K
- Box office
- $3.9M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 12 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Sundance Film Festival 2005 | Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, for Originality of Vision | Brick | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2006 | John Cassavetes Award | Brick | Nominee |
| Sundance Film Festival 2005 | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | Brick | Nominee |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards 2007 | Best Overlooked Film | Brick | Winner |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards 2007 | Best Screenplay – Original | Rian Johnson | Winner |
| Empire Awards 2007 | Best Male Newcomer | Rian Johnson | Nominee |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards 2007 | Best Breakthrough Filmmaker | Rian Johnson | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006 | Most Promising Director | Rian Johnson | Winner |
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Sundance Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Special Jury Prize: Dramatic, for Originality of Vision | Brick | Winner |
| Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | Brick | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination
| John Cassavetes Award | Brick | Nominee |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Overlooked Film | Brick | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Rian Johnson | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Promising Director | Rian Johnson | Winner |
Deauville Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Special Prize | Brick | Winner |
Sitges Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation | Rian Johnson | Winner |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Male Newcomer | Rian Johnson | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Breakthrough Filmmaker | Rian Johnson | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Original | Rian Johnson | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Nathan Johnson | Nominee |