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The Go-Getter
Directed by
Martin Hynes
R
2007
1h 33m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.5
44%
60%
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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.
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Cast of The Go-Getter
Lou Taylor Pucci
Mercer
Zooey Deschanel
Kate
Jena Malone
Jeoly
Giuseppe Andrews
Stock Boy
Kathleen M. Darcy
J's Mom
Judy Greer
Better Than Toast
Nick Offerman
Nick the Potter
Brian McNamara
Book On Tape
Erv Immeman
Hospice Patient
Ann Ryerson
Hospice Visitor
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Sergio Leone
Michael Patterson-Crohn
Shut Up!
Marissa Ingrasci
Laurel
Sita Young
Hardy
Maura Tierney
Pets
The Go-Getter Ratings & Reviews
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
There are moments of beauty here, but not enough to make up for the mannered dialogue and hamstrung performances.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Much of the dialogue is so quirky it sounds overheard instead of scripted. The performances are correspondingly spontaneous.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The first road movie that could fit into the mumblecore genre of dithering youth angst: The Go-Getter travels, but it doesn't go anywhere.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Director-writer Martin Hynes shapes his first movie into something emotionally truthful, painfully funny and vibrantly alive.
Metromix.com
Geoff Berkshire
Hipster filmmaking-by-numbers.
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin
Even when relegated to an audio-only part, Deschanel has a flattering whimsy that etches her hurt and sensuality in equal measures.
Los Angeles Daily News
Glenn Whipp
It's a great premise, and the movie rarely disappoints. (OK, we didn't need the song-and-dance number, but still ...) Hynes has style to spare and storytelling chops. The low-key Go-Getter is well worth discovering.
Boxoffice Magazine
Chad Greene
Given proper promotion, however, one can see Merce--and The Go-Getter--getting chased down by appreciative arthouse audiences.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Behold, indie-rock hipsters: The Go-Getter, the cinematic navel lint from which She & Him crawled out to produce the almost cruel monotony of Volume One.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Strives for hipness but ultimately just feels contrived and derivative.
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
If you can look past writer-director Martin Hynes's familiar fest formula, his film modestly rewards with gorgeous sun-spotted cinematography, tender digressions in rather brave quantities, and believably charming dialogue.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
Martin Hynes's first film, The Go-Getter, is an especially wonderful addition to the [road movie] genre, with the right -- flickering -- mixture of loneliness and enchantment, and with jokes that come at you from just around the bend.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Writer-director Martin Hynes takes advantage of the vast possibilities of the open road and what can only be refashioned personal experience to invigorate The Go-Getter, an unusually fresh-feeling indie with a nice sense of style.
Film Journal International
Lewis Beale
Hopefully, future film classes will use this picture as template for how not to make a movie.
FirstShowing.net
Alex Billington
On top of the story, The Go-Getter has an amazingly well-defined gritty visual style, some of the best cinematography in any film at Sundance.
Cinematical
James Rocchi
The Go-Getter is a nearly perfect demonstration of what happens when what was once a frontier for exploration becomes a factory floor for repetition.
Film Threat
Zack Haddad
How many road trip movies of self discovery starring artsy, skinny, white kids that fall in love with unconventionally cute little brown-haired girls do we need?
New York Press
Mark Peikert
More than a movie about becoming an adult, The Go-Getter is a feature-length audition reel for Deschanel to finally get the roles she deserves.
ComingSoon.net
Edward Douglas
Another dull indie road movie that doesn't really go anywhere ... little more than a vanity project that wastes most of its better-than-average cast.
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