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The Go-Getter (2007)

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Overview

Director:
Martin Hynes
Writer (WGA):
Martin Hynes (written by)
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Life doesn't come with a roadmap.
Plot:
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well. | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Opening This Week (From IFC. 2 June 2008, 7:35 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Mercer steals a car to track down his loser half-brother only to forge a bond with the car's owner. more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Lou Taylor Pucci ... Mercer

Zooey Deschanel ... Kate

Jena Malone ... Joely
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Giuseppe Andrews ... Stock Boy

Kathleen M. Darcy ... J's Mom
John Anthony Delgado ... Helpful Guy
Bill Duke ... Liquor Supply

Colin Fickes ... Cousin Buddy

Allison Flashman ... Stand-in

Jsu Garcia ... Arlen

Judy Greer ... Better Than Toast

Saul Huezo ... Valet

Marissa Ingrasci ... Laurel
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... Sergio Leone
Vivianne Nacif ... Voices (voice)

Nick Offerman ... Nick the Potter

Paul Palo ... Old Man
Michael Patterson-Crohn ... Supporting

William Lee Scott ... Rid
Eliska Sursova ... Candy Striper

Maura Tierney ... Hal's Pets
M. Ward ... J

Sita Young ... Colder
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sexual content and drug use.
Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
California, USA more
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Trivia:
Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel and Jena Malone all dance the "Madison" as an homage to Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (1964) where Anna Karina, Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur dance it in a café. more
Movie Connections:
References Bande à part (1964) more

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1 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Mercer steals a car to track down his loser half-brother only to forge a bond with the car's owner., 15 November 2007
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Author: jmmatt1 from United States

Mercer steals a car to track down his loser half-brother only to forge an unrealistic "bond" with the car's owner. Along the way he finds his way through a number of "quirky" encounters that help him appreciate his life and grow.

There are some very neat camera tricks and shots, especially how they "show" the phone conversations between Mercer and the woman from whose car is now in his possession. However, much of the film is shot using a poor hand held technique that can dizzy up the audience, something fierce. I too saw this at AFF and walked out due to motion sickness and a general lack of caring about the characters and story.

I found this movie to be awfully trite and derivative of other indie dramedies. The script is dreadful as characters react to in random and pointless ways. It read more like a parody of "quirky indie dramadies" than it actually is one. People do not act and talk the way the characters do in this film, the script limps along from improbable scenario to another, helped by weak performances and characters who are never fully realized. Zooey Deschanel comes across as creepy in her initial conversations with Mercer.

If this is what makes an indie hit, the movement is clearly losing steam.

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