SummaryA Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. (Warner Home Video)
Directed By:John Waters
Written By:John Waters
Pecker
Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
58% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
33% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
90
Think of writer-director Waters as the Frank Capra of an alternate universe and this film as his genially twisted version of "It's a Wonderful Life," and you'll begin to understand.
80
It's also sweet, sentimental, rather funny and, as John Waters films go, surprisingly gentle.
80
Waters brilliantly skewers the pretensions of the New York art world and culture, and uses real people from that world in the process.
70
If scandal, sleaze, and celebrity worship are our national religion, then John Waters is an American prophet.
60
A pleasant but ephemeral spoof that may disappoint Waters' hard-core fans while not recruiting many new devotees.
50
We've come a long way from the filthiest people in the world: Who knew Waters could be so bland?
25
Watching Pecker, his rickety new comedy about a teenage Baltimore shutterbug, it becomes clear that Waters has grown color-blind to his own sleazo-shock aesthetic.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
59% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
29% Mixed
5 Ratings
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12% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Jul 11, 2014
9
Pecker is a fascinating drama with Ed Furlong from Terminator 2 and Christina Ricci from Sleepy Hollow. The movie revolves around a young guy who is a photographer and his girlfriend who works in the local laundromat in Batimore. His local photographs become very popular with outsiders. He has to choose between his regular life or a life of notoriety and wealth.
Production Company:
- Polar Entertainment
Release Date:Sep 25, 1998
Duration:1 h 27 m
Rating:R
Tagline:He never realized how far 35 millimeters would take him.
Awards
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gijón International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
