Good Dick

I heard about the film Good Dick way back when it came out, and one of the stars was saying the title is what it’s about. Eh, not. But wait…there’s more. See when you are on the circuit trying to get people to go see the movie, of course you are going to say that, with no regard to people feeling duped when they find out there is no sex in the film. Our lead characters are nameless. The woman, shut in semi weirdo Nastassja Kinski, Kristen Stewart mash up, who only ventures out to the local video store to get porn. The dude, the clerk and homeless stalker freak a Josh Harnett, Freddy Rodriguez collabo who somehow becomes obsessed with homegirl for absolutely no reason whatsoever. She looks like death warmed over most of the time, and is light years from friendly. He sees her one day, and writes down her address. He stalks her, peeping into her windows; seeing her watching porn and polishing the bean. He fakes a relative in the building to give excuses why he’s hanging around the halls. Eventually he pulls out his best Ted Bundy moves; faking the death of his aunt who lives in the building, leading him to scratch desperately at her door for comfort. She opens the door with a butcher knife and allows him to come in. He almost immediately starts cleaning her apartment. He starts showing up every night, whining about something or other, and she lets him in. She is irritable, and unfriendly yet somehow intrigued by his obsessive need to be with her. She allows him to sleep on the couch and will not permit him to touch her in any way. They watch porn together, however she has a rule if he gets aroused he’s 86’d. Needless to say he spends nights in his car when he gets aroused.

Most of the film you spend wondering what the hell her deal is. Dude sleeps in his car because his building was torn down and he just never bothered to get another apartment. This fact alone is telling of the type of person that he is. After a few weeks of crashing on his objects sofa he crowns himself the boyfriend. She reminds him that she doesn’t like him and isn’t even attracted to him, he of course rejects what she says and continues to do what he wants. Eventually she has a violent emotional breakdown that finally ejects him from her life. Only then do we get a glimpse of what it is that has her hiding from the world. She attempts to gain control of her life again, shedding the things that have her chained to her unhappiness. Once the clouds part she goes looking for the clerk to tell him how she really feels. It’s a quirky, strange somewhat psycho love story that many can probably relate to on some level.