Why I recommend "Brick" — 1 year ago
If you like old Bogie movies, Raymond Chandler plots, and good teen movies, you’ll probably enjoy this. Imagine Humphrey Bogart and Edgar G. Robinson translated into high school students … it sounds absurd, but it works.
And then there’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He is a wonderful human being. I got to meet him when the movie Manic, which he starred in, screened at UCLA the night before it premiered. I had taken my son as I was on a panel to discuss the movie (I was the Anger Management EXPERT). Joseph hung out with the Cub and invited him to the cast party. He was a real, honest-to-goodness human being, not stuck up or snotty.
If you don’t know who he is, he played the long haired kid on 3rd Rock from the Sun. As an actor, his range and believability are excellent. In Manic, he made me think he had severe anger problems … and yet he was normal.
Anyhow, watch both movies, watch 3rd Rock.
