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Go-Getter, The

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Go-Getter, The reviews
69
8.2 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 12 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama

Written by: Martin Hynes

Directed by: Martin Hynes

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 6, 2008

Running Time: 93 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language, some sexual content and drug use

Starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, M. Ward, Judy Greer, Nick Offerman, Maura Tierney, and Bill Duke

Mercer steals a car to escape his small Oregon town and find his older brother after a tragic loss in the family. Once on the road he becomes attached to phone calls from Kate, the forgiving and mysterious girl who owns the car he stole. With her voice as guidance Mercer travels across the former Wild West to find a new sense of belonging. A crazy trip to Reno with Joely and odd encounters with his brother’s former friends soon make Mercer realize that everything he’s looking for may not be on the road, but on the other end of the phone. With a soundtrack by M. Ward and some other big names in the indie music scene and shot in the beautiful plains of the Mid-West, The Go-Getter is a road trip about finding love in the strangest of ways. (Peace Arch Entertainment)

What The Critics Said

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88

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Director-writer Martin Hynes shapes his first movie into something emotionally truthful, painfully funny and vibrantly alive. It's a near-perfect road movie, since you don't want the ride to end.

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80

New York Magazine David Edelstein

This one is alive with discoveries--of locations, characters, the actors who embody them, and even the medium. In The Go-Getter, filmmaking itself feels like Manifest Destiny.

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80

Variety Todd McCarthy

An unusually fresh-feeling indie with a nice sense of style. The potentially predictable story of a young man who undertakes an impromptu journey to resolve some unfinished family business emerges as an appealing tale of personal growth with hand-crafted contours.

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80

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

The sort of discovery meant to be savored by the few who find it, The Go-Getter was made for anyone who ever felt stuck, or alone, or desperate to find their place in the world.

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75

New York Post Lou Lumenick

The enchanting voice on the phone, who delightfully shows up in person halfway through, belongs to Zooey Deschanel. In real life, she hooked up with the composer of the lively score, M. Ward, to create the pop duo She & Him.

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70

Village Voice Aaron Hillis

Modestly rewards with gorgeous sun-spotted cinematography, tender digressions in rather brave quantities, and believably charming dialogue that doesn't all sound like it came from the same brain (listen up, Diablo Cody).

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70

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Mr. Hynes, who wrote the screenplay, seems well aware of the challenge of breathing fresh life into a familiar formula. Much of the dialogue is so quirky it sounds overheard instead of scripted. The performances are correspondingly spontaneous.

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63

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

A cute, slight tale.

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60

Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano

There are moments of beauty here, but not enough to make up for the mannered dialogue and hamstrung performances. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative won't be prosecuted, but they'll probably be disappointed.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

The sort of quirky independent comedy that strives for hipness but ultimately just feels contrived and derivative.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen

This is a fairly well-made picture that's just been fairly well-made too many times before, a knock-off of a thousand other knock-offs.

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50

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The Go-Getter travels, but it doesn't go anywhere.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Asher Z gave it a9:
A real surprise. I just watched this on snowtime. Excellent camera work and lighting; music is great and the acting is incredibly realistic, really good conversations through out the film and lots of funny situations.

Jay H gave it a5:
I clearly differ than many on this movie, but it bored me. I have little patience for pretentious indie films. Jena Malone is always good to see, the rest of the cast was not very memorable. Too talky and the characters lack depth.

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