Customer Reviews:
 INDIE MOVIE ABOUT ROAD TRIP & COMING OF AGE PERFECTLY DREAMY! April 5, 2009
KATHI JO EARLEYWINE (HONOLULU HAWAII OAHU)
I CAN WALK IN A BLOCK BUSTER AND HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z ON THE SHELF. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE INDIE MOVIES! I HAPPENED TO SEE IT ON CABLE, LOOKED INTERESTING SAVE IT TO MY DVR, OMG SO GLAD I DID!!! NOT A BIG BUDGET BLOCK BUSTER, BUT THERE IS NO NEED FOR ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES.
IT'S A COMING OF AGE MOVIE ABOUT A BOY, WHO'S MOTHER DIES AND HE HASN'T SEEN HIS HALF BROTHER FOR FOURTEEN YEARS, WHOM LEFT WHEN HE WAS FIVE. SO HE HASN'T ANY IDEA WHAT HIS HALF MEXICAN BROTHER IS LIKE. HE FEELS THE NEED TO FIND HIM AND TELL HIM IN PERSON THAT THE MOTHER HAS PASSED AWAY. THE STORY IS ABOUT HIS JOURNEY. HE STEALS A CAR TO FIND HIM AND THE CAR OWNERS IS A GIRL & HER CELL PHONE IS INSIDE. SO KATE (ZOOEY DESCHANEL) CALLS HIM AND THEY KINDA TAKE THE JOURNEY TOGETHER ON THE PHONE. SHE'S LIKE HIS DREAM GIRL COME TRUE, IT'S VERY FUNNY, HAS SOME ADVENTURE, DRAMA, ALSO SAD! A ROLLER COASTER OF A RIDE, JUST AS LIFE.
THE LEAD CHARACTER "MERCER" (LOU TAYLOR PUCCI) DREAMY YOUNG MAN STEALS THE SHOW! THE YOUNG MAN HAS GOT SOME MAD ACTING SKILLS! HE IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG MOVIE STAR SOMEDAY..! AFTER THIS FILM EVERYBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WHO HE IS! I JUST DID A SEARCH ON AMAZON. HE'S GOT 4 OTHER FILMS OUT, 1. THUMBSUCKER, 2. GREEN DAY: JESUS IN SUBURBIA, 3. THE CHUMSCRUBBER, 4. FIFTY PILLS.
HAVING HITCH HIKED ACROSS COUNTRY FROM NEBRASKA TO BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA & DOWN TO MEXICO IN 1971. THIS WAS WHEN I WAS 17 TURNED 18 ON THE ROAD. I KNOW HOW HARD THE ROAD CAN BE ALONE, I'M AN 5'2" 100 LB. BLONDE, IF I HAD MY OWN CAR, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. I HAD SMOKED POT BEFORE MY JOURNEY. I WAS ALSO FRESH OUT OF HIGHSCHOOL. BUT THE PEOPLE YOU MEET ALONG YOUR PATH TO ADULTHOOD CAN BE BOTH FUN & SCAREY. NEVER KNOWING WHO TO TRUST OR IF YOU CAN TRUST YOUR HEART TO FALL IN LOVE. I LEARNED MOST OF MY LIFE LONG LESSONS IN THAT ONE ROAD TRIP, MOSTLY THE HARD WAY. AS DOES THIS MERCER IN THIS MOVIE.
I LUVED THIS MOVIE! I'M A VERY VISUAL PERSON AND THE CAMERA WORK IS GREAT! THE CASTING IS PERFECT! THE ACTING WILL LEAVE YOU WANTING MORE! IF YOUR YOUNG IT WILL LEAVE YOU WANTING TO TURN 18 SO YOU CAN LEAVE HOME! IF YOUR OLDER IT WILL LEAVE YOU WISHING YOU COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN! CHARMING MOVIE, DREAMY SOUNDTRACK! I GIVE IT TEN STARS! SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND! "LOU TAYLOR PUCCI" IF YOUR READING THIS. PLEASE NEVER STOP MAKING MOVIE'S THAT CAPTURE'S THE HEART! THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT TO ANYONE OVER 18! IT'S GOT SEX, DRUGS AND THE ROCK N ROLL IS THE SOUNDTRACK! ADORED THIS MOVIE!
IF YOUR SITTING ON THE FENCE ABOUT THIS DVD THEN RENT IT!
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS!!!
LUV & ALOHA KATHI JO
a Cross Country road trip March 9, 2009
Bennet Pomerantz (Seabrook, Maryland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
19 year ago Mercer's (Lou Taylor Pucci ) mother passes away and sets out to find his older half-brother he hasn't seen in fourteen years. It turns out to be quite the trip. He steals Kate's (Zooey Deschanel) car and he starts on an oddyssey to find his missing brother.
Things are an adventure. Whereas, most films seem like a travelogue of places, this is a travelogue of people. This is an indie movie of thought and reflection, This film is not a simple road trip, It is special! Do find this film and get it! You will be on a journey you will never forget
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
Excellent film! January 1, 2009
L. Wilson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was absolutely fantastic. The music really has a great feel to it, and the quality and movement of the camera really sets the mood. I instantly fell in love with the owner of the car and decided that she was easily my dream girl. I thought the ending was very interesting, and I enjoyed seeing the progression of the trip as a whole. I would recommend this movie to everyone. excellent film!
 Life doesn't come with a road map [what happens on a road trip to finding yourself] September 15, 2008
Snow White (Orange County)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
2007's under the radar independent film The Go-Getter tells the story of a somewhat feeble and mundane Mercer(Lou taylor Pucci) who's decided to take a road trip in order to find his brother and convince him to help spread their deceased mother's ashes. With almost nothing to his name, Mercer steals a car; that is owned by the lovely Kate(Zooey Deschanel) and begins trekking across the U.S., finding loophole after loophole.
Yes, it is similar to the typical plot of an independent film, about a coming of age experience but it is more enjoyable then most, and the acting by the young cast is enjoyable. Not to mention some of the crazy characters we come to meet and quickly find a distaste for.
The cinematography is brilliant, all the scenery was just near flawless; with gorgeous colors and whimsical feelings.
Although the film itself is fantastic, the true star is the soundtrack, mostly by M Ward, it is surreal, calming and the perfect companion to the enjoyable movie.
"If You Don't Know Where You're Going Might As Well Stick Around" ~ Navigating The American River September 15, 2008
Brian E. Erland (Brea, CA - USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Synopsis: `The Go Getter' ('07) is an intriguing though at times uneven '07 film about one young man's transition into manhood during a journey across the cultural and geographical landscape of the Pacific coastline. Nineteen year old Mercer (Lou Taylor Pucci) goes "walkabout" (driveabout would probably be a more accurate term) in search of his older, long absent half-brother Arlen. The reason for this trip is to inform Arlen of their Mother's death, his method of transportation a stolen vehicle from the local carwash. As Mercer works his way from place to place tracking his good-for-nothing sibling he begins a relationship with Kate (Zooey Deschanel) the owner of the vehicle via her cell phone left in the car.
Along the way the grieving, inexperienced road warrior interacts with a variety of memorable and not-so-memorable characters along the way; a community of pot smoking, pottery making, self-proclaimed Buddhists, four parolees posing as a band to entertain shut-ins as a part of their community service, a pill popping, sexually active ex-classmate from grammar school (Jena Malone) to name a few. As Mercer's feelings of alienation and loneliness mount the only solace available to him is the disembodied voice on the phone. Will our young wanderer find what he's seeking somewhere on the far horizon, or is it much closer than he could have ever imagined?
Critique: `The Go Getter' is yet another contemporary Indie film that deserves to be seen. In a similar vein of the American novelist, poet and artist Jack Kerouac, director and writer Martin Hynes provides the audience with a slice of life as found in the most unlikely of places. The images and dialogue flow in almost stream of consciousness fashion, hence the phase, "the American River". In my opinion the most enjoyable and poignant sequences deal with the evolving relationship between Mercer and Kate, truly the heart and soul of the tale. Well worth a viewing or two.
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