The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter (2007)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (3,449 ratings)

For the follow-up to his feature debut, 1999's The Big Split, filmmaker Martin Hynes took on this bittersweet road movie about a teenager responding to the untimely death of his mother. Overcome with grief that he's unequipped to deal with, Mercer (Lou Taylor Pucci) decides to steal a car and hit… More

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
Martin Hynes
Written By
Martin Hynes
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 6, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Oct 21, 2008
Peace Arch Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    The transition from the slopes of Sundance to the hard streets of everywhere else is the artistic equivalent of the bends.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    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.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Director-writer Martin Hynes shapes his first movie into something emotionally truthful, painfully funny and vibrantly alive.

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    Strives for hipness but ultimately just feels contrived and derivative.

  • Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

    There are moments of beauty here, but not enough to make up for the mannered dialogue and hamstrung performances.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Matthew S


    Manifesting the spirit of indie music (almost exclusively M. Ward, who appears on screen early on and also began his "She and Him" music collaboration with Zooey Deschanel after they met during filming), this movie wants to be sloppy and include an individual's smaller… More

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    Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, Maura Tierney, William Lee Scott, Bill Duke, Giuseppe Andrews, Kathleen M. Darcy, John Anthony Delgado, Judy Greer, Jsu Garcia, Nick Offerman, M. Ward Director: Martin Hynes Summary: After the death of his mother,… More

  • Steven C


    Against it's own self sabotage, I enjoyed "The Go-Getter." The film never really goes anywhere in terms of plot (which is odd since it's a road movie) but it's the quieter moments that make it bearable. Nice performances from Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel,… More

  • Leigh R


    Kind of in the middle about liking and disliking. The cast was great along with the storyline, yet it failed to deliver the way it could have. Zooey = AMAZING! And even though through the first half all you get is her voice, she really brings the film to life. Lou was… More

  • Jake .


    I swear, I loved literally everything about this movie: the story, the characters, the dialog, the ideas. It's all great. Lou Pucci and Zooey Deschanel complement each other just as nicely as the latter with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days of Summer. In a lot of ways they play… More

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