Pecker

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Pecker

R,

1998,

1h 27m,

Comedy/

Drama

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53%

38 Reviews

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64%

10,000+ Ratings

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53%

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38 Reviews

64%

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10,000+ Ratings

A blue-collar Baltimore teen (Edward Furlong) becomes a New York celebrity when a dealer discovers his photos of sandwich-shop customers.

Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

May 4, 2005

D+

A transparent, laugh-free parable about Waters' own rise to fame.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2/4

Some scenes are so flat we squint a little at the screen, trying to see why anyone thought they might be funny.

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Stephanie Monohan

Screen Slate

Mar 27, 2019

Potentially [John Waters's] most self-reflexive work.

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Malcolm L. Johnson

Hartford Courant

Jun 5, 2018

Too soon though, this rise-and-fall-and- rise saga of an obsessed young photographer begins to sag into a one-note refrain.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Nov 26, 2009

B-

There are many odd treats, like seeing former SLA hostage Patty Hearst dancing on a bar in a low-cut slip and getting a crash course in "tea-baggng."

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Bill Gibron

DVD Verdict

Aug 22, 2005

92/100

Pecker is Hairspray with Kodak film stock, or Crybaby without the juvenile delinquency angle

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Luke R

Oct 21, 2018

Pecker is a warmhearted comedy about one boy's meteoric rise to fame within the art world. Along the way, Waters finds ample opportunity to satirize New York culture, Baltimore culture, and movies about how people's personalities are changed when they get their 15 minutes in the spotlight. While all of this sounds passably interesting, Pecker is not well-focused. Isolated moments offer a few good laughs, but, taken as a whole, there's not much here to hold an audience's attention. The best comedies feature at least one or two endearing characters; Pecker doesn't take the time to develop anyone beyond a sketchy outline. And the plot, despite the detours into straight parody, is aimless and plodding. Pecker is less than 90 minutes long, but that still seems a little on the fat side. (Occasionally funny).

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Hermione P

Feb 10, 2018

It may not be the best showcase of Waters's brilliance, but it's still good hearted and well intentioned, with a nice wink at the end suggesting that the film is autobiographical.

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Synopsis

A blue-collar Baltimore teen (Edward Furlong) becomes a New York celebrity when a dealer discovers his photos of sandwich-shop customers.

Director: John Waters
Producer: Mark Tarlov, John Fiedler
Screenwriter: John Waters
Distributor: Fine Line Features
Production Co: Polar Entertainment Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.3M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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