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Pecker

Pecker (1998)

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Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6

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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

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Comedy

John Waters

Feb 23, 1999

Fine Line Features

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Critic Reviews for Pecker

All Critics (61) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (22) | DVD (15)

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."

November 26, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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

August 22, 2005 Full Review Source: DVD Verdict | Comment
Bill Gibron
DVD Verdict

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

May 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Lacks an edge.

February 1, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

I had a great time. It was like skipping school, stealing some comic books, and reading them behind an old abandoned warehouse.

April 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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.

November 13, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | Comment
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com
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John Waters could made Pecker a better film that is. But still been a fun entertaining.

May 22, 2011
Lucas Martins
Lucas Martins

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A John Waters tongue in cheek story of finding happiness at home. Campy and fun.

December 22, 2010
Tomassgringo
Thomas Johnston

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