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The Go-Getter

2007

Martin Hynes

Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, Judy Greer ...

6.4

272

Drama Left with an aching instinctual itch to explore America after a traumatic loss, a curious teenager named Mercer suddenly steals a car in Oregon and develops a life-altering telephonic connection with the forgiving and mysterious girl he took it from. As he sets out with her phone calls as guidance, Mercer's motives find focus as he travels across the postmodern highways of the former Wild West to seek self-knowledge and a sense of ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"[Hynes] seems well aware of the challenge of breathing fresh life into a familiar formula."
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"An unusually fresh-feeling indie with a nice sense of style (...) Pucci, the star of 'Thumbsucker' two years ago, again impresses"
		James Rocchi Common Sense Media	"[It] incorporates a lot of indie-film cliches. And while it's well-made enough, it doesn't really distinguish itself from the crowd, either"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Emotionally truthful, painfully funny and vibrantly alive. It’s a near-perfect road movie (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ed Gonzalez Slant	"It’s pandering on an uncomfortably twee scale (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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