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  • The Go-Getter
  • Opened June 6, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 33 min.
  • R
    language, some sexual content and drug use
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • The story of Mercer White, an endearingly straight-arrow 19-year-old who, eight months after the death of his mother, steals a car and sets out to find the much older half-brother he hasn't seen in 14 years. Mercer has quite a trip.
  • Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, William Lee Scott, Nick Offerman
  • Director: Martin Hynes
  • Genres: Comedy

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  • Jena Malone and Lou Taylor Pucci in "The Go-Getter."
  • Jena Malone and Lou Taylor Pucci in "The Go-Getter."
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The Go-Getter Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Director-writer Martin Hynes shapes his first movie into something emotionally...

  • 80
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    An unusually fresh-feeling indie with a nice sense of style. The potentially...

  • 80
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    The sort of discovery meant to be savored by the few who find it, The Go-Getter...

  • 80
    New York Magazine | David Edelstein

    This one is alive with discoveries--of locations, characters, the actors who...

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