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The Pick-Up Artist

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The Pick-Up Artist (1987)

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Reviews Counted:20

Fresh:11

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Lady's man Jack Jericho goes through life without a care in the world, seducing one woman after another. Then he meets indifferent museum guide Randy Jensen, who consents to a one-night stand but... Lady's man Jack Jericho goes through life without a care in the world, seducing one woman after another. Then he meets indifferent museum guide Randy Jensen, who consents to a one-night stand but won't give him her phone number. Intrigued, Jack continues to pursue Randy, in the process helping free her alcoholic father from the huge gambling debt he owes the mob. [More]

Starring: Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello

Starring: Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey, Dennis Hopper, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel, Bob Gunton, Mildred Dunnock, Polly Draper, Robert Towne, Victoria Jackson, Lorraine Bracco, Victor Argo

Director: James Toback

Director: James Toback
Composer: Georges Delerue
Producer: David MacLeod
Screenwriter: James Toback

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02/26/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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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02/27/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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03/12/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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07/15/03
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

No review available.

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03/19/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

This is an appallingly silly movie, from its juvenile comic overture to its dreadfully sincere conclusion.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

James Toback's long-gestating portrait of a one-track mind becomes bogged down in unconvincing plot mechanics.

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02/27/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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A very challenging movie. Downey Jr and Ringwald sizzle.

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09/19/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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11/04/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

No review available.

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02/04/03
Darrin Keene
Darrin Keene
Film Threat

Pickup's 'little more' is in its quirky characters and its intentionally goofy melodrama.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

No review available.

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06/24/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Features Robert Downey Jr. as a smooth-talking womanizer who meets his match.

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03/27/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post

A light and fairly innocuous youth picture.

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01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

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11/04/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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07/01/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
 
 
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