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      Pecker

      R Released Sep 11, 1998 1 hr. 27 min. Comedy Drama List
      52% 46 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score A blue-collar Baltimore teen (Edward Furlong) becomes a New York celebrity when a dealer discovers his photos of sandwich-shop customers. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 01 Buy Now

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      Steve D Furlong can't pull it off but the script does him no favors. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/21/23 Full Review Ram S An Americana! What art is and all that hopeful stuff... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This has got to be at least a little autobiographical. Furlong is really charming as an obsessed, well-intentioned photographer who stumbles into stardom. It's a fun flick. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/20 Full Review Audience Member I wanted to give this movie 4 stars but didn't I am a huge John Waters fan and of his movies. I meet him at a meet and greet years ago this is one of my faves from John Waters. Kind of camp, funny, cringe and odd but still a good movie to see if you are a fan of John Waters and his movies. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Pecker is far too short. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member 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). Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: D Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness A transparent, laugh-free parable about Waters' own rise to fame. Rated: D+ May 4, 2005 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 1/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Stephanie Monohan Screen Slate Potentially [John Waters's] most self-reflexive work. Mar 27, 2019 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant Too soon though, this rise-and-fall-and- rise saga of an obsessed young photographer begins to sag into a one-note refrain. Jun 5, 2018 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 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." Rated: B- Nov 26, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      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
      Executive Producer
      Joseph Caracciolo Jr., Mark Ordesky, Joe Revitte, Jonathan Weisgal
      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
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby Digital
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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