Pecker (DVD) Reviews

Pecker (Edward Furlong), so named because of his eating habits, likes nothing better than taking pictures of the more seedier side of Baltimore. He spends his times snapping everyone and everything he sees with his old camera he brought at a thrift shop. Pecker loves his pictures although most other people don't see them as anything but ...  Read the complete review

Baltimore boy Pecker likes nothing better than taking pictures of his friends and neighbors in a small suburb where he hangs out with his kleptomaniac best mate. They like nothing better than to play Shops and extras which involves putting inappropriate items in unsuspecting shoppers trolleys. Pretty boys get Preparation H slipped in ...  Read the complete review

John Waters, who has made his name being a high-trash auteur, gives us Pecker, a clumsy morality play that doesn't quite seem right. Waters is a master at detailing perversions, but when he tries to deliver a moral at the end of his story, it seems woefully forced. Pecker concerns a boy dubbed Pecker (because he pecks at his food, you ...  Read the complete review

John Waters rarely disappoints, though some of his fans might just find Pecker a little bit squeaky clean (despite it's suggestive title) compared to the outrageousness of some of his earlier films. The gist of the story is the rise to prominence of a young photographer in Baltimore and the unwelcome intrusions that the subsequent ...  Read the complete review