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Summary: This film should get 100000000000 stars!
Review: John Waters has yet to fail me, sure The Diana Linkletter Story wasn't so good, but he was young, and since then I have not seen ONE John Waters film I did not like, and this film is apart of those many, one would almost say Waters gets better by the movie. But really you can't say that because each movie is so different, with a few John Waters' spices in them. GREAT FILM, rent it, or do what I'm doing and spend 90 bucks on it, it's a movie that is worth it.
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Summary: Cute, not just "campy"
Review: Whatever preconceptions I brought to this John Waters film simply disappeared in a "flash" (forgive the pun) because this movie is just FILLED with lots of fun for everyone. It's a lot gentler than HAIRSPRAY, for example, and the overall look of the movie was more like naivete, with a generous "wink" to the audience. I especially liked the snappy, peppy theme song and found myself replaying the credits (both beginning and end) just to hear it again. And Edward Furlong was the perfect Pecker. What a refreshing treat of a film!!!
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Summary: semi-maturity works or doesn't work with Waters
Review: Pecker is a slightly more mature work of John Waters.
Take that statement in. Stare at it, analyze it, mull it through your mind.
The statement is true, and whether or not it is good or bad depends on your opinion of John Waters. If you think transvestite colonies living in trailer parks and literally eating excrement is immature and pathetic, then its a statement of grand relief. If you think aforementioned movies are delightfully trashy and charming, you probably aren't going to like the statement.
Either way, we have a filmmaker waning his status as arbitrary through another increasingly conventional film. This is good if you find Waters does his best work when within the industry, with irony and scathing indictments of modern society concealed within a conventional structure. This is bad if you find waters does his best work when direct, with underlying themes subtle, with a blatant disregard for modern society, and with a penchant for all that is inappropriate.
It's a film that doesn't seem to be as smart as his other works. Yes, the quality of art is arbitrary, yes, suburban people are quirky and thats what makes them great. Yes, we know Waters is from Maryland. Yes. Get on with it.
Its not a film that is as good as it can be, yet despite the negatives, it succeeds in its its own right. Its enjoyable, and the obvious threads that exist within the film still remain pretty true. Its semi-campy, entertaining, fun, and works. Its not great, not bad, but not necessarily special either.
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Summary: an ode to Baltimore
Review: John Waters films are about one thing: his outrageous,over the top characters. I liked the performances of Lili Taylor and Martha Plimpton who brings such personality to her role as the endearing fag hag Tina. And of course you gotta love Memama! only in a Waters film will you see a character listed as "Guy Humping the Washing Machine" and probably want to know who played him. Though not his best film, most fans will probably be amused with this one.
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Summary: Ha, ha, ha, ha-happy go lucky me!
Review: John Waters' Pecker is now available as part of the double DVD set with Hairspray so I recommend making it part of your collection. Why this set is called John Waters: Collection #1 is a little odd since these two are his later "mainstream" films and not the trashy no budget stuff starring Divine that put Waters on the map. Still, Pink Flamingos and others are available in other collections on DVD so who cares what number they are! Anyway, Eddie Furlong plays Pecker, a young man who loves taking pictures of everything including all of his unique friends and family as well as the scenery of Baltimore. After holding a small exhibit of his photos in the sandwich shop he works in an art promoter from NY sees his photo of a stripper's pubic hair and wants to put on an exhibit of Pecker's work in NY. Pecker becomes the hottest art photographer in NY, but at the expence of his family and friends. He decides to turn it all around and give the NY art crowd a taste of their own medicine. The film, like most of Waters' work is filled with colorful and strange characters. First, there's Pecker's family: His Dad runs a local pub right across the street from a lesbian strip club, his sister is the bartender/MC of a gay nightclub featuring male dancers, his Mom runs the local thrift shop and helps the homeless with new outfits ("Don't be afraid of fashion"), his other sister, Little Chrissy, is addicted to sugar, and his Grandma or Mi Mama runs a pit beef stand and has a doll of Mary, Mother of God, who she speaks through (Full of Grace!). Then there is Shelly (Christina Ricci), Pecker's girlfriend who runs the local laundromat and is so obsessed with cleanliness and laundromat policies that she is nicknamed the "stain goddess". Pecker also has a best friend, Matt, who is the best thief in town. One of the funniest scenes is where Pecker and Matt run through a grocery store and Pecker photographs Matt placing particular items into the carts of unsuspecting shoppers. I love the weight lifter who got the Preparation H - "There is nothing wrong with my butt!". Pecker is a lot of fun and even though its rated R, in a strange way its a family film with a good message: You don't have to be an a-hole to be talented and you also don't have to go to NY...you can stay right in Baltimore! The soundtrack is another plus...lots of hilarious and catchy songs. Pecker is a winner! Hey, thats sounds dirty!
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Summary: I love Balmar!
Review: I can watch this movie over and over and still laugh to myself. Although this movie has a touch of the typical John Waters darkness, Pecker makes the viewer laugh the entire length of the film. This is a true favorite.Wandering the streets of Baltimore, Pecker's camera glimpses life on the lesser-fortunate side of the tracks. With its tongue-in-cheek quality, Pecker's adventures are endlessly amusing and entertaining. Some may say this isn't John Waters' finest films, but it definitely may be his most enjoyable and most funny.
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Summary: not too good
Review: These reviews are interesting. I cannot believe that so many people LOVED this movie as much as they did. I guess there is a certain audience for it, but I'd have to agree with those that said it was a let down. Too unbelievable of a plot. Too many coincidences (even for a movie). Cute characters (at times), but overall not especially entertaining. The producer should have paid a bit more attention to details such as the fact that many of the photos that Pecker supposedly took could not have been shot with the lens that he had on. Close ups from several feet away require a different lens. And how is it that the strip club happened to have a clear patch in the window covering that went unnoticed from the inside? Rent it first, then decide to buy it or not.
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