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Pecker (1998)
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Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 22
Rotten:20
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The winning 10th feature from John Waters straddles a fine line between the eager vulgarity of his earlier works and the sloppy sweetness of HAIRSPRAY and CRY-BABY. Set, as usual, in Baltimore, the... The winning 10th feature from John Waters straddles a fine line between the eager vulgarity of his earlier works and the sloppy sweetness of HAIRSPRAY and CRY-BABY. Set, as usual, in Baltimore, the film stars Edward Furlong as Pecker, a sweet-natured young fellow who happily passes the days photographing his surroundings with a cheap secondhand camera. Egging him on are his Virgin Mary-obsessed grandmother (Jean Schertler), his sugar-addicted younger sister (Lauren Hulsey), his kleptomaniac best friend (Brendan Sexton III), and his girlfriend (Christina Ricci), who runs a Laundromat with an iron fist. When Pecker's works are "discovered" by a slumming NYC art dealer (Lili Taylor), his simple life is turned upside down, and he quickly realizes that he was happier as an unknown. A valentine to--and satire of--the art world, PECKER makes strangely poignant statements about the nature of art and the value of fame. As someone with a foot in both the New York art scene and the earthiness of Baltimore, the title character obviously has more than a touch of the director in him. As with all other Waters films, those who are familiar with Baltimore culture will be even more richly rewarded. [More]
Starring: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Brendan Sexton, Lili Taylor
Starring: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Brendan Sexton, Lili Taylor, Martha Plimpton, Mary Kay Place, Mark Joy, Jean Schertler, Lauren Hulsey, Mink Stole, Patricia Campbell Hearst
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Screenwriter: John Waters
Producer: John Fiedler, Mark Tarlov
Composer: Stewart Copeland
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Reviews for Pecker
Pecker is Hairspray with Kodak film stock, or Crybaby without the juvenile delinquency angle
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.
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