Good Dick

2008 "A hard man... is good to find."
6.3| 1h26m| R| en| More Info
Released: 03 October 2008 Released
Producted By: Good Dick
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.gooddickthefilm.com/
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A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of Cinefile, the video store where he works in Los Angeles. After multiple failures to impress her during their brief daily transactions, he finds her street address in the store's database, drives to her apartment building and initiates an unconventional campaign to win her affections.

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Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
SnoopyStyle Jason Ritter plays a lonely video store clerk who sleeps in his car. He starts stalking and hounding a recluse (Marianna Palka) who rents soft-core porn from the store. She is haunted by her past and keeps pushing everybody away. He is relentless in his courtship and willing to make up big lies to connect with her.This is an off-kilter indie. It's trying to be lovably quirky with some dark material. The characters have serious problems. It's not your average romance. It's a good effort for first time writer/director Marianna Palka. It would be more compelling if the tone is even darker. I don't think the movie could be lighter in tone. It's an interesting movie that doesn't completely work.
itamarscomix Good Dick is an off-beat romantic dramedy about a strange relationship developing between a video store clerk and a reclusive girl who comes by every day to rent softcore porn movies. It's probably a case of intentional irony that the title of the film makes it so you'd be embarrassed to rent it from a video store. It's a nice cynical touch that fits the movie, but I think it does it more harm then good, because it may turn many potential viewers away from what is actually a pretty good movie.It's far from perfect, and suffers from some of the same amateurish flaws shared by many independent films - most notably, the awful overbearing music that disrupts far too many scenes, and some poor editing every now and then, but putting those aside it's an effective, touching movie, and very much not the sex comedy you might expect (though there are some very funny moments). Marianna Palka and Jason Ritter (John's son) deliver very realistic characters with a very awkward and naturalistic delivery. The supporting cast supplies a more solid ground to keep the whole thing from being too messy - most notably veteran actor Charles Durning in a very brief but very beautiful scene, and most surprisingly Tom Arnold (yes, that's right) in a very powerful performance - he was actually so good I hardly recognized him. Overall, an excellent little indie picture that's highly recommended, as long as you don't expect comedy and you don't expect sex or nudity (hint: there aren't any).
agnieszka_flicinska This movie is great, except that she should have been having permanent pleasure like the o, like all the time she is walking, eating looking, she is having o... (illegal word on this site) and she does not move but she dances, somewhat like in the Indian dances, she dances in ecstasy her hands up in the air somewhat like in the flamenco dance. her hands move like enchanted birds and that way she should dance to the store and back,all the time,like a musical with fast trans music. And so she should be dancing towards the video store taking the porn, dancing back home and then totally constantly flying away after having a tiny little blow.So that would be a great movie. Why doesn't he (the main character) understand that her life is perfect?yeah she might die of not eating but in fact she has won already, she has permanent o. Yes, she has won already, I mean my fictitious character. Does anyone share my opinion of this movie?please send me a message. I hope this site give notifiers.
babyg8878 I am truly, truly thankful for this movie. It actually helped me see that some of my more bizarre behaviors can be traced back to my own experiences with sexual abuse. Somehow this film made me feel less alone and more alone simultaneously. Less alone because its existence means that at least one person (the writer) truly understands. More alone because though the pure, unconditional love offered up is exquisitely beautiful, it is extremely rare and I doubt seriously it will ever be offered to me. Except by God, of course. Great film. It illustrates one of the main reasons why I would love to be a filmmaker. Movies can and do reach people, and in some instances, help.