X
- 1998
- R
- Fine Line Features
- 1 h 27 m
- 1998
- R
- Fine Line Features
- 1 h 27 m
Summary A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. (Warner Home Video)
Directed By: John Waters
Written By: John Waters
- 1998
- R
- Fine Line Features
- 1 h 27 m
- 1998
- R
- Fine Line Features
- 1 h 27 m
Pecker
65
7.3
Where to Watch
Summary A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. (Warner Home Video)
Directed By: John Waters
Written By: John Waters
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
65
58% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
33% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
65
58% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
33% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Think of writer-director Waters as the Frank Capra of an alternate universe and this film as his genially twisted version of "It's a Wonderful Life," and you'll begin to understand.
It's also sweet, sentimental, rather funny and, as John Waters films go, surprisingly gentle.
Waters brilliantly skewers the pretensions of the New York art world and culture, and uses real people from that world in the process.
If scandal, sleaze, and celebrity worship are our national religion, then John Waters is an American prophet.
A pleasant but ephemeral spoof that may disappoint Waters' hard-core fans while not recruiting many new devotees.
We've come a long way from the filthiest people in the world: Who knew Waters could be so bland?
Watching Pecker, his rickety new comedy about a teenage Baltimore shutterbug, it becomes clear that Waters has grown color-blind to his own sleazo-shock aesthetic.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
21% Mixed
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4 Ratings
5% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
21% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
5% Negative
1 Rating
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Awards
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gijón International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
