Pecker (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Surreal but very good little known film
Disadvantages: A bit too strange for some people?

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 ... Read review

Advantages: Nice slice-of-life comedy, very funny
Disadvantages: You might find it a bit slow/bizarre

...plays the title character, named Pecker because "he always used to peck at his food" - a likely story Mr Waters! I bet Guy Ritchie never knew what he was getting into with Snatch either, eh? EH? Anyway, Pecker is a sandwich shop worker by day, and photographer by day, and night, in fact he photographs pretty much anything - rats making love in a trash can, women shaving their legs on the bus. And then there's his dysfunctional family. His dad owns ... Read review

Advantages: Talented lead actors in Furlong, Ricci and Taylor...
Disadvantages: All of whom are wasted on this film.

...and even at 90 minutes Pecker does seem at least an hour too long, during a show of some of his pictures which takes place at the grill cafe where Pecker works, some art afficionado from New York recognizes that Pecker is a really talented snapper. Thereafter his pictures become the toast of the art world. He nearly cheats on his girlfriend (played by the gorgeous, far-too-good-for-this-film Christina Ricci), but doesn't; he nearly relocates to New ... Read review