Milton Keynes dweller who likes his movies and likes to voice his opinion about them. Hopefully my ...
Milton Keynes dweller who likes his movies and likes to voice his opinion about them. Hopefully my reviews will help you all avoid some really bad movies!
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I hadn’t heard of this film, as I guess many of you haven’t, until I was looking through Christina Ricci’s filmography and saw ‘Pecker’. Hmmm, I thought, wonder what it’s about. I love Ricci, she’s one of my favourite actresses and when I saw this DVD in the shop I picked it up.
The back of the box told me little, Edward Furlong (Terminator 2, American History X) plays Pecker, a guy who likes to take photos and gets discovered by a New York agent who wants him to have a show in the big city (he lives in a small part of Baltimore). Oh yeah, it mentioned that Ricci was his girlfriend.
Well then, I thought, it’s going to be a nice little drama about local lad doing good…same old stuff but I liked the cast so…
Oh my God! How strange? This certainly ain’t the straight film I thought it would be!
Pecker lives with his folks, two sisters and his Nan. His mum owns a used clothes store and is obsessed with clothing the homeless for very little money (‘A whole Easter wardrobe for 25 cents’), his Dad works in a local bar but business is floundering due to the lesbian strip joint that’s opened over the road (‘Pubic hair should be illegal’), his youngest sister is a sugar junkie and constantly demands candy, if she can’t get it she’ll steal it, his elder sister works at a Gay bar (The Fudge Palace) and his Nan has a model of the Virgin Mary who she uses like a ventriloquists dummy and believes it’s a miracle (‘Full Of Grace!’). Pecker’s best mate and ‘assistant’ to his photography is actually a thief and assists by nicking him film.
Phew! That’s the crazy band of people and they follow Peckers ‘career’ from beginning to ultimate downfall and then his come back.
Oops! I forgot about Ricci, she plays Shelley, Pecker’s girl, she owns the towns launderette and is a workaholic, she is obsessed by the place and feels very worried when she is apart from it (‘You don’t understand, their could be people pissing in my dryers as we speak’).
This film is mad. Very funny, very strange and very different. Completely not what I expected and all the better for it.
The cast are all great, especially Furlong and Ricci. If you’re a fan of these then get it, you won’t be disappointed.
The DVD ain’t too bad. We get a directors commentary (always a good thing, this is a pretty cool one), the normal scene selection and cast and crew bios. There’s also a little making of documentary…not great but then quite good for an unknown film. Enjoy!
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