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This delightful mash-up - it's a teen movie film noir - follows a brilliant teenage loner who pushes his way into the underworld of a Southern California high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. The tropes and verbal style of Dashiell Hammett novels have never been adapted so completely or effectively. "One of the most entertaining pictures to be released so far this year." (The New Yorker)