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John Waters wrote and directed this $6.5 million satire on the Manhattan art world, a rags-to-riches comedy about 18-year-old amateur photographer Pecker (so named because he pecks at his food). Pecker (Edward Furlong) is a blue-collar kid who works in a Baltimore sandwich shop and takes snapshots of family, friends, and customers. His mom, Joyce (Mary Kay Place) runs a thrift shop where she offers fashion advice to the homeless, while sis Tina (Martha Plimpton) recruits go-go boys to dance at
Sep 25, 1998 Wide
Feb 23, 1999
Fine Line Features
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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."
Pecker is Hairspray with Kodak film stock, or Crybaby without the juvenile delinquency angle
A transparent, laugh-free parable about Waters' own rise to fame.
Lacks an edge.
I had a great time. It was like skipping school, stealing some comic books, and reading them behind an old abandoned warehouse.
If the rest of John Waters' Pecker was as funny as its first half-hour is, it might have been one of the all-time greats.
John Waters could made Pecker a better film that is. But still been a fun entertaining.
May 22, 2011Super Reviewer
A John Waters tongue in cheek story of finding happiness at home. Campy and fun.
December 22, 2010Super Reviewer
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