Brick
When an impossible brick barrier seals off their apartment building, an estranged couple must rely on suspicious neighbors to uncover the truth and escape.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- late night thriller viewing
- rainy day viewing
What critics said
Critics and aggregate viewers found the premise intriguing and occasionally tense but broadly considered the execution uneven and clichéd.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The apartment building is suddenly enclosed by a mysterious brick wall, making escape and spatial investigation the central dramatic engine.
The plot keywords identify a secret military program and conspiracy theory behind the characters' confinement.
Tim and Olivia are estranged while trapped together and must work with neighbors to survive and find an exit.
Tim and Olivia must collaborate with Marvin, Ana, Yuri, Lea, and other trapped residents amid uncertainty about what is happening.
Films like Brick, and why
10 Cloverfield Lane
shares a trapped-location mystery, escalating paranoia, and science-fiction conspiracy premise
The Divide
shares an enclosed survival scenario, uncertain motives, and tense speculative thriller atmosphere
The Mist
shares a mysterious environmental barrier, communal survival, and escalating dystopian unease
Coherence
shares a relationship under pressure within a sealed environment and a reality-bending science-fiction mystery
Movie Details
- Director
- Philip Koch
- Release Date
- 2025-07-02
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (793)
Cast
- Matthias Schweighöfer
- Ruby O. Fee
- Frederick Lau
- Salber Lee Williams
- Murathan Muslu
- Sira-Anna Faal
- Axel Werner
- Alexander Beyer
- Josef Berousek
- Daniele Rizzo
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Brick about?
- When an impossible brick barrier seals off their apartment building, an estranged couple must rely on suspicious neighbors to uncover the truth and escape.
- What is Brick like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Brick as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Brick violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Brick as mild.
- What did critics think of Brick?
- Critics and aggregate viewers found the premise intriguing and occasionally tense but broadly considered the execution uneven and clichéd.
- Which films are like Brick?
- Films with a similar feel include 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Divide, The Mist, and Coherence.
- How long is Brick?
- Brick runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Brick?
- In United States, Brick streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
