MOVIE: Good Dick (2008)

Good Dick
2008
direction: Palka, M.
screenplay: Palka, M.

quickie:
It’s a love story

general impression:
Truly beautiful

lows:
Will not generate a lot of excitement

highs:
Smart. Funny. Coherent. Pragmatic.

notes:
I took my time deciding whether or not I would go and watch this movie. Quiet and uneventful movies might seem monotonous to some but like all genres, it has a good and bad dichotomy.

Good Dick is good. It not only features a good cast playing really good characters, it is also shot nicely and pieced together quite well. It is quiet but not heavy. Marianna Palka (writer and director) didn’t set out to confuse the audience or scream an idea or theme. Instead she opts to make the movie the way movies are supposed to be made: she tells a story.

Maybe it takes a certain type of person but there’s a lot to be felt from this movie. I haven’t decided about what my stand on relationship or romance is but this movie creates a pretty little picture of it. Hope is a good drug.

FINAL RATING:
[5] out of [5]