Advantages: Surreal but very good little known film Disadvantages: A bit too strange for some people?
...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 ... ...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 ...
Staggly 02.08.2001
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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 ... ...across the way from his ("Pubic hair is illegal!"), his mother runs a thrift store and is determined to make homeless people look good.
His big sister works in a gay bar ("No teabagging!"), his little sister is obsessed with sugary snacks, and his most hilarious relative is Me-Ma-Ma, his grandmother with a ventriloquist's dummy of the Virgin Mary, who she manipulates into saying holy phrases.
Christina Ricci plays Pecker's laundromat-worker girlfriend ...
peppersinclaire 19.07.2001 (20.07.2001)
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Advantages: Talented lead actors in Furlong, Ricci and Taylor... Disadvantages: All of whom are wasted on this film.
...wrong, wrong.
Wrong.
Pecker follows the life of a young, handsome and ambitious aspiring photographer played by Edward Furlong. Right from the opening scene of the film he is an incredibly snap-happy character, joyfully hopping on and off buses, taking pictures of everyday and not-so-everyday scenes and getting into various minor scrapes with his uncompliant subjects. To cut a long story short, and even at 90 minutes Pecker does seem at least an ... ...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 York and becomes a sell-out but doesn't; he nearly forgets what's most important about his life, but doesn't; his success ...
MCFruitbat 27.03.2007
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Pecker a sandwich shop clerk takes photos of his rather odd family and friends and ... more
nobody thinks anything of them until one day a New York art dealer discovers his work and makes him famous. Is this what Pecker really wants? Another quirky entry from...
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Pecker (Edward Furlong) works in a sandwich shop and takes photos of his loving but ... more
peculiar family and friends on the side. Nobody thinks much of Pecker's 'ugly photographs of everyday life' until an art dealer from New York discovers his work and tur...
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