Mostly the movie is eccentric and edgy in childish ways, relying on offhand shock and predictable revelations.
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10/09/08
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Good Dick (2008)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:18
Rotten:19
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Marianna Palka's quirky indie debut centred on two dysfunctional loners is hit and miss, but has enough originality to see it through.
Theatrical Release:Oct 10, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Good Dick is a truly original love story. It is also quite funny and a joy to watch. When Anna slinks into an independent video store to check out the latest in erotic offerings, she catches the... [More]
Starring: Jason Ritter, Marianna Palka, Eric Edelstein, Martin Starr
Director: Marianna Palka
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Reviews for Good Dick
Palka has an eye for authenticity -- the bland LA apartments, growling traffic and isolation of living in a city that requires people to make their own happiness.
10/08/08
A well-meaning comedy that undoes all its good work in the final act, Good Dick would've been better served with further development in the Sundance Lab. That said, Jason Ritter delivers a breakthrough performance that saves the film.
10/03/08
Not your traditional boy-meets-girl story, but it does an excellent job of delivering two fairly unique characters trapped in a seriously strange relationship.
01/28/08
A distinctly unlikable movie about dislikable people, writer/director/actor Marianna Palka's mumblecore version of dysfunctional romance is the most unromantic picture of the year.
10/15/08
...a lot more poignant than most of Hollywood's big-budget, star-studded takes on the subject.
09/07/09
Nearly blindsides us with moments of such genuine thoughtfulness and surprises that wouldn't be out-of-place in a script by Cameron Crowe or Richard Curtis.
01/26/08
One of the weakest competition entries at Sundance Fest this year, this pseudo romantic-erotic feature promises more than it can deliver, and after a cute beginning falls apart.
01/05/09
This entertains enough to get by, marking Palka and Ritter as talents to watch.
10/03/08
The independently minded have spirits to aflame.
10/18/08
Despite dealing with some very heavy issues Palka has a surprisingly light touch, levening the more bleak moments with some rich, dark comedy.
06/13/08
In spite of a title, and much dialogue, likely to send Aunt Edna into convulsions, Good Dick is the week’s best film.
10/03/08
All of the most annoying elements of independent cinema are on full display in Good Dick, a painfully awkward attempt at...well, I'm not sure what exactly.
10/18/08
Widely liked, but it passed me by.
10/03/08
Alternately compelling and dramatically limp, the film scores points for exploring unfamiliar territory but lacks the emotional depth to make some very strange behavior believable.
10/18/08
Marianna Palka's debut feature is a quirky, slight, self-absorbed study of romantic loners reaching out to one another in low-rent Los Angeles.
10/03/08
Unfortunately, Good Dick is all high-wire act, determinedly thwarting the expectations of its genre but unable to present a wholly successful alternative to romcom conventionality.
10/09/08
Good Dick carries its messed-up, highly improbable premise so lightly and gracefully that it ultimately comes off as a sweet, plausible and curiously grounded love story.
10/10/08
Top CriticAnother indie that wears its quirks and gritty "realism" a little too proudly.
10/09/08
If peeking in on these two characters' most deep-seated dysfunctions might seem as intrusive as stalking and as exploitative as scopophilia, then Palka is at pains to expose the all too human yearnings that underlie both activities.
08/12/08
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