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Good Dick

2008 · 86 min

An uncomfortable, tender character study that balances quirky humor with raw pain, asking you to sit with damaged people.

Directed by
Marianna Palka
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
A hard man... is good to find.
Overview
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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Directed by
Marianna Palka
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • sexuality
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Marianna Palka
Starring
Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, Eric Edelstein, Mark Webber, Martin Starr, Tom Arnold, Jesse Garcia, Katherine Waterston
Cinematography
Andre Lascaris
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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