Good Dick

Plot

A look at the relationship between a lonely introverted girl and a young video store clerk vying for her attention.

Release Year: 2008

Rating: 6.4/10 (4,251 voted)

Critic's Score: 54/100

Director:
Marianna Palka

Stars: Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, Eric Edelstein

Storyline
They're in their 20s. He works in a video store; he's eager, chatty, sleeps in his car. She rents adult films, looks disheveled, rarely speaks. He chats her up, she brushes him off. He takes her address from store records and contrives to run into her. He rings her doorbell; she tells him to go away. He invents a story of a great-aunt who's died; she lets him in but holds a butcher knife between them. So it goes. He presses for a relationship; she ignores him, insults him, or yells. He's persistent, inviting her out, cooking, washing her hair. Both have demons and, as their natures become more clear, his addictive personality and her sex nausea may be on a collision course.

Cast:

Marianna Palka
–

Jason Ritter
–

Eric Edelstein
–

Eric

Mark Webber
–

Derek

Martin Starr
–

Simon

Tom Arnold
–

Dad

Jesse Garcia
–

Jose

Katherine Waterston
–

Katherine

Elisabeth Waterston
–

Elisabeth

Charles Durning
–

Charlie

Seth Gabel
–

Kissing Man

Bryce Dallas Howard
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Kissing Woman

Marge Morgan
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Old Woman

Tyler Ritter
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Young Handsome Man

Jeremy Glazer
–

Café Patron

Taglines:
What do you REALLY want?

Details

Official Website:
Official site |

Release Date: 3 October 2008

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $200,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $5,036
(USA)
(12 October 2008)
(1 Screen)

Gross: $5,036
(USA)
(12 October 2008)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Quotes:

Woman:
[to Man]
If I wanted to have sex I'd go out and find someone who was actually sexy.

User Review

Real life issues brought to life

Rating: 8/10


I saw this movie last night at the Birmingham Sidewalk Moving Picture
Festival during the encore showing and really just fell in love with
it. The plot was in depth, the characters were amazing, and while some
parts of the movie would keep you laughing, there was a deeper meaning
hidden in the movie that was very moving. I think everyone watching the
movie could find a certain aspect of a character, situation, argument,
etc, that they could connect with. The movie put real life issues that
many struggle with in perspective. It was not sugar coated or over done
but was reality. I loved everything about it and would love to see it
again.