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Very pleased with my purchase thank you regards John
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I only watched this for The Furlong, but was pleasantly surprised by it. A wacky, funny little film!
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There was never much of a centre to Waters' films, and now he's lost his edge too. Occasional burger bar chef and full-time photo enthusiast Pecker (Furlong) stalks his local Baltimore backwater, ceaselessly snapping his colourful, spaced-out and/or degenerate family, friends (including laundromat-tyrannising girlfriend Ricci) and neighbours. One greasy spoon exhibition later and Taylor's NY art dealer snaps up this documentarist of the 'culturally challenged' for her own nefarious metropolitan purposes - only for Pecker to take his camera to the Big Apple and turn the tables. That's the sum of the kitsch concoction, Waters' cutest, most homely fluff yet. Nowadays the Farrelly Bros do tastelessness, low-life empathy and crap camera angles with far more wit and verve.
A really joyful movie with an interesting twist on the small town America taking on the big city theme. Whilst most of it's contents really should offend quiet spectacularly with content that regularly borders on the perverse, the childlike innocence and sincerity of Pecker, Edward Furlong, seems to perfectly cancel it out. Recommended viewing, but definitely not for all the family.
Quirky John Walters at his best. Great casting, superb shots of Baltimore as always and a great story. Not quite as good as Cry Baby or Hairspray but not far behind.