Shameless self promotion: Brick review at NRO

Today, National Review Online has my review of Brick, a “high school noir” that is both a suspenseful detective tale and a smart look at the mysteries of adolescence. The tease:

From romantic turmoil to the cruelty of cliques, passage through the locker-lined halls of high school can be mysterious and dark. It seems somewhat redundant, then, that the film Brick should be billed as a "high school noir," or, literally, "high school black." What could be blacker and bleaker than high school?