How did reviewer Todd McCarthy feel about Looper ?
His films include 2001's drama " Manic " , which was set in a mental institution , " Mysterious Skin " ( 2004 ) , in which he played a gay prostitute and child sexual abuse victim , and " Brick " ( 2005 ) , a modern - day film noir set at a high school , in which he had the lead role of Brendan Frye , a teen who becomes involved in an underground drug ring while investigating a murder .