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Pecker (1998) Rank 2 Reviews
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Empire (Angie Errigo)
His unique vision as a committed artist and unrepentantly crude joker makes this sweet, disarming, intelligent fun. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at Empire (Angie Errigo)
Variety (Emanuel Levy)
A pleasant but ephemeral spoof that may disappoint Waters' hard-core fans while not recruiting many new devotees. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at Variety (Emanuel Levy)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...mostly potshots, lightly diverting goofiness with a too-pat happy ending. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Box Office Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Waters follows these characters through their 15 minutes of fame without ever churning up very much interest in them. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
We've come a long way from the filthiest people in the world: Who knew Waters could be so ...read the complete Pecker movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The content is actually pretty bland -- it's not incisive, it's not daring, it's not uproarious, and it's not very good. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
U.S. Distributor: Fine Line Features In recent years, film maker John Waters, perhaps best known for directing what may be the most disgusting quasi-mainstream motion picture in movie history, Pink Flamingos, has been toning down his predilection for wil ...read the complete Pecker movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The hero of John Waters' ``Pecker'' got his nickname as a kid, we are told, by pecking at his food. Uh, huh. And guys named Studs had fathers in the tuxedo business. Pecker (Edward Furlong) works in a Baltimore sandwich shop and takes photos of the seamy ...read the complete Pecker movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
The film is never truly funny, but it's an amusing novelty, gaining strength from smart characterizations and sly cogency about the way people are exploited under the limelight of celebrity. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Stack)
San Francisco Examiner (Edvins Beitiks)
It starts out well and winds up no worse than most of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Edvins Beitiks)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
It's no doubt rude, and perhaps irrelevant, to point out that John Waters still doesn't know how to make a movie. ...read the complete Pecker movie review at LA Weekly (Manohla Dargis)
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Comedy about a sandwich shop employee who becomes the darling of the art world. With Edward Furlong (T2), and Christina ...read the complete Pecker movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
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