Edward Furlong,
Christina Ricci,
Mary Kay Place,
Martha Plimpton,
Brendan Sexton III
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John Waters wrote and directed this $6.5 million satire on the Manhattan art world, a rags-to-riches comedy about 18-year-old amateur photographer Pecker (so named because he pecks at his food). Pecke... read more
DVD Release Date: February 23, 1999
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Flixster Reviews (634)
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May 22, 2011John Waters could made Pecker a better film that is. But still been a fun entertaining.
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December 22, 2010A John Waters tongue in cheek story of finding happiness at home. Campy and fun.
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July 11, 2007Edward Furlong takes interesting photos all over town, but then he is made famous, and it ruins his charming life. A funny movie with the message about the dangers of fame. I LOVED the little sugar-addicted little sister! She made the movie. Very funny John Waters movie.
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February 26, 2010Lots of good laughs, but also lots of weird onscreen moments (bad acting, strange camera angles etc).
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Critic Reviews
November 26, 2009
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
August 22, 2005
Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict
Pecker is Hairspray with Kodak film stock, or Crybaby without the juvenile delinquency angle Full Review
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
A transparent, laugh-free parable about Waters' own rise to fame. Full Review
April 10, 2003
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
I had a great time. It was like skipping school, stealing some comic books, and reading them behind an old abandoned warehouse. Full Review
November 13, 2002
Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com
If the rest of John Waters' Pecker was as funny as its first half-hour is, it might have been one of the all-time greats. Full Review
March 3, 2002
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Writer and director John Waters has fashioned a sassy, irreverent movie about art, fame, culture shock, and class consciousness. Full Review
June 2, 2001
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...mostly potshots, lightly diverting goofiness with a too-pat happy ending.
April 17, 2001
John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews
light-hearted comedy that could play at multiplexes and will even appear at Blockbuster alongside mainstream comedies Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
diluted Waters, but there's more than enough disturbing behavior and off-the-wall satire here to shock the faint-of-heart and delight those who enjoy the director's quirky sense of fun. Full Review
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