A young adult named Pecker, who works at a sandwich shop/deli by day, takes pictures of his dysfunctional family, the crazy residents of Baltimore, places and even things around the city. One day at his own art show at the shop, New York art dealer Rorey Wheeler buys one of Pecker's "modern pictures" and invites girlfriend Shelley, a laundromat worker, common thief/best friend Matt, parents Jimmy and Joyce a struggling bartender/bar owner and bargain clothing store saleswoman, daughter Tina a hostess/bartender at a gay strip joint, their sugar-crazed young daughter Chrissy, and the family's religious grandmother called "Memama", a "pit beef" sandwich chef, to an art gallery in New York City. It is then that Pecker becomes an overnight art sensation nationwide. Unfortunately, serious problems arise back home. Many of the residents become appalled and embarrassed by his pictures, costing him a whole lot more than his friends. It's up to Pecker to make things right with his Shelley and make the people see the good from bad in photography.
John Waters也向世界展示了低俗肮脏但富有人情味的Baltimore。Pecker的胶卷机，记录了Baltimore众生相，也记录了纽约艺术圈的滑稽脸谱，这场较量当然以双赢收场。虽然商业化之后的John Water，没了Divine的John Water明显不如之前辛辣生猛，但他依旧叛逆地像个孩子。梗依旧很多，他的电影加起来可以承包我一辈子的笑点。
我太喜欢这部影片了。以少年人的视角捕捉世界的动态，尽管有着些许咸荤的素材，但完全不影响这种观察视角自带的纯净。影片的剧情，一夜成名令生活发生天翻地覆的变化，对故乡小城始终抱有浓厚却不沉重的乡愁，大概是承载了导演本人某些成长经历的某种投射。早年间以离经叛道成名的作者本人，到了知天命的年纪，总算也展示了内心最温柔的眷恋。依然保留着过往作品惯有的讽刺口吻，却已是收起了锋芒，显得十分温和。不再是那种将一切...
游走在“在讲什么玩意？拍这个出来纯粹浪费胶片”和“好像有点道理，这是讽刺吧？这一定是在讽刺”两种感觉之间的一部片子
