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The Pick-up Artist
Directed by
James Toback
1987
81m
PG-13
Comedy
,
Romance
,
and more
5.4
58%
37%
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A womanizer meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia.
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Cast of The Pick-up Artist
Molly Ringwald
Randy Jensen
Robert Downey Jr.
Jack Jericho
Dennis Hopper
Flash Jensen
Danny Aiello
Phil Harper
Harvey Keitel
Alonzo Scolara
Vanessa Williams
Rae, Girl with Dog
Mildred Dunnock
Nellie
Brian Hamill
Mike
Tamara Bruno
Karen
Angie Kempf
Jack's Student
Polly Draper
Pat, Jack's Colleague
Frederick Koehler
Richie
Robert Towne
Stan
Victoria Jackson
Lulu
Lorraine Bracco
Carla
Bob Gunton
Fernando Portacarrero
Christine Baranski
Harriet
Tony Sirico
Patsy Cabaluso
Joe Spinell
Eddie
Clem Caserta
Clem
Victor Argo
Harris
Fred Melamed
George
Christine Sclafani
Angie
Alexis Cruz
Charlie
Sidney Armus
Sidney
Michelle Eabry
Michelle the Model
Anna Lee
Joan the Model
Isabel García Lorca
Museum Information Lady
Reni Santoni
Man in Train Station
Geoffrey Nauffts
Stewart
Edward Rowan
Museum Guard
Tom Signorelli
Marty
Frank Gio
Gino
Bob Maroff
Basketball Concession Owner
Anne Bobby
Mona
Jilly Rizzo
Casino Floor Manager
Meghan Lahey
Jack's Class
Mary Griffin
Jack's Class
Brad Frankel
Jack's Class
The Pick-up Artist Reviews
New York Times
Janet Maslin
The film roams from the Upper West Side to Coney Island to Atlantic City, maintaining a lighthearted style that doesn't quite match the hints of obsessiveness in Mr. Toback's screenplay.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This is an appallingly silly movie, from its juvenile comic overture to its dreadfully sincere conclusion.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Features Robert Downey Jr. as a smooth-talking womanizer who meets his match.
Chicago Reader
Henry Sheehan
he Pick-Up Artist is not going to change anyone's life or deflect the course of film history, but it's an invigorating and enjoyable entertainment...
Variety
Variety Staff
James Toback's long-gestating portrait of a one-track mind becomes bogged down in unconvincing plot mechanics.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A light and fairly innocuous youth picture.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Pickup's 'little more' is in its quirky characters and its intentionally goofy melodrama.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
Downey, who worked for one season on Saturday Night Live, has just the right emotional weight for the role of Jack, and the right touch of goofy boyishness to soften his aggressiveness.
NPR's Fresh Air
Michael Sragow
The Pick-Up Artist has wit, sweetness, and exuberance.
United Press International
Cathy Burke
Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey Jr. head the unusually talented cast of characters assembled for this small but taut film.
TV Guide
Toback has devised an interesting premise that draws parallels between risking one's heart and one's wallet, but the picture itself risks little.
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