Thus, there’s not much to commend about this movie.Unemployed lumber salesman Bill Austin is determined to get a job with the Ricks' Lumber Company in San Francisco. In one scene, Mercer is roped into helping a group work off their court mandated community service hours by singing in a Salvation Army type band, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.” However, this is played for laughs. There’s also plenty of foul language, portrayal of sex scenes and one of the characters riding with Mercer is a homosexual who makes advances at Mercer. The main characters say that it was fate that had Mercer steal Kate’s car, so they could be together. In the story, this is not portrayed as a slide with any consequences, but rather is portrayed as “growing up.” God is discussed and dismissed, whereas “fate” is mentioned as guiding people’s lives.
Through the course of the movie, Mercer takes a moral slide, stealing the car, then a video camera, trying illegal drugs for the first time, and attempting to lose his virginity.
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While the movie is well made, it does suffer from a number of negative elements and a very strong humanist worldview. Mercer’s own struggle with the death of his mother and consequent fear of losing Kate is touching.
The soundtrack of mostly independent label pop and rock punctuates the movie and moves the story along well.
The highlight of the story is meeting the quirky (though often immoral) characters along his trip. THE GO-GETTER is a unique story told in a unique manner and is very well written. Toward the end, Kate meets up with him, and together they finish the journey. Throughout all of his escapades, Mercer talks via phone to Kate and they form an unusual relationship. When he finally meets up with his brother, the outcome is not what he expected. He finally encounters his brother to see if he wants to accompany him to New Orleans to dispose of their mother’s ashes. He is rescued by a weapon loaded liquor salesman and meets a pet store owner who has him play in a band singing “A Might Fortress Is Our God” as the owner works off hours in community service. He discovers a man who makes pornographic movies. Mercer goes into a bohemian commune of potters. The trip takes him from city to city throughout the southwest as he follows the trail of Arlen. So, with no friends and no reason to stay in college, he has set out to find his only family member, Arlen (played by Jsu Garcia), a half-brother he has not seen in 14 years. Mercer never knew his father, and his mother died a few months ago. She and Mercer begin to talk as he reveals why he’s on the road. The car’s owner, Kate (played by Zooey Deschanel), calls her cell phone, which is now in the stolen car. THE GO-GETTER is the story of Mercer (played by Lou Taylor Pucci) who sets out to find his long-lost half brother by stealing a car and taking a road trip, only to enter into a relationship via cell phone with the woman whose car he stole. With a very strong humanist worldview, plenty of foul language and sexual references, there’s little to commend in THE GO-GETTER. The main characters say fate had Mercer steal Kate’s car so they could be together. God is discussed and dismissed, but “fate” is mentioned as guiding people’s lives. However, Mercer takes a moral slide by stealing a car, taking illegal drugs and attempting to lose his virginity. THE GO-GETTER is well written, acted and directed. Towards the end, Kate meets up with him, and together they finish the journey. Throughout all of his escapades, he talks via phone to Kate and they form an unusual relationship. Mercer’s mother died a few months ago and so he wants to find his only family member, Arlen a half brother whom he has not seen in 14 years.
Kate and Mercer begin to talk as he reveals why he’s on the road. THE GO-GETTER is the story of Mercer who sets out to find his long-lost half brother by stealing a car and taking a road trip, only to enter into a relationship via cell phone with Kate, the woman whose car he stole.
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