The Pick-Up Artist

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The Pick-Up Artist

PG-13

1987

1h 21m

Romance

Comedy

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Serial pick-up artist and commitment-phobe Jack Jericho (Robert Downey Jr.) takes lessons in the art of seduction from aging player Phil Harper (Danny Aiello). Jack finds a formidable opponent in Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald), a fiery tour guide who has a retort for his every line. Though she initially spurns his advances, Jack finds a way in when Randy's alcoholic, compulsive gambler father, Flash (Dennis Hopper), ends up in serious debt and deep trouble with gangsters in Atlantic City.

Henry Sheehan

Chicago Reader

05/10/2022

3/4

he Pick-Up Artist is not going to change anyone's life or deflect the course of film history, but it's an invigorating and enjoyable entertainment...

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Variety Staff

Variety

02/27/2008

James Toback's long-gestating portrait of a one-track mind becomes bogged down in unconvincing plot mechanics.

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

05/20/2003

2.5/5

The film roams from the Upper West Side to Coney Island to Atlantic City, maintaining a lighthearted style that doesn't quite match the hints of obsessiveness in Mr. Toback's screenplay.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

03/06/2024

3/10

Instead of utilising these elements to create an engaging drama, Toback squanders them to make a actively unlikeable one.

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Michael Sragow

NPR's Fresh Air

02/03/2021

The Pick-Up Artist has wit, sweetness, and exuberance.

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Cathy Burke

United Press International

10/09/2016

Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr. head the unusually talented cast of characters assembled for this small but taut film.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone 5d

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 30

Funny in 1 hour and 21 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $11,600,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 07/19/2024

The movie was a very exciting adventure from start to finish

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Uynga U

@RT32500567 07/19/2024

very good rdj film with good acting

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Munkhjargal A

@RT28084692 07/19/2024

this movie turned out to be a very interesting movie. There were some adventurous and educational things in the movie.

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david f

@dfulmer 08/10/2021

A solid Eighties romantic comedy. Robert Downey Jr and Molly Ringwald both playing promiscuous urbanites.

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Synopsis

Serial pick-up artist and commitment-phobe Jack Jericho (Robert Downey Jr.) takes lessons in the art of seduction from aging player Phil Harper (Danny Aiello). Jack finds a formidable opponent in Randy Jensen (Molly Ringwald), a fiery tour guide who has a retort for his every line. Though she initially spurns his advances, Jack finds a way in when Randy's alcoholic, compulsive gambler father, Flash (Dennis Hopper), ends up in serious debt and deep trouble with gangsters in Atlantic City.

Director: James Toback
Producer: David L. MacLeod
Screenwriter: James Toback
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, American Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 27, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.6M
Runtime: 1h 21m
Sound Mix: Surround