Young people in America today are bombarded by sexual imagery, peer pressure, raging hormones, and too early sexual experiences to the point most have had their psyches damaged by the time they reach adulthood. As a result we have a nation of aggressive women who hate, use and abuse men and dopey weak men addicted to porn and afraid of women. Women are angry and men are ashamed.Misuse of sexuality has turned the nation into something unrecognizable forty years ago. Women have become pushy, bossy and encouraged to get what they want while men have been been demoralized, degraded, and diminished by culture. We are so confused now we elect a cunning, manipulative ah**e who promises us what we want while lying to us about what we really need and what he is really doing to us. That's why movies today are mostly c**p - messed up people only enjoy messed up movies. It's all about good witch vs bad witch - they are all witches! If you put morality in a movie in any form today people flame out because decent people embarrass most of us.This movie in an imperfect way is about right and wrong. The Jason Ritter character tries to crack the woman's shell by not using her and being strong with her irrational behavior (re My fair Lady). It does the trick since this is something no man has ever done for her before. Her resulting catharsis leads to her turning against her father for independence. Whether the ending of the film could happen in real life is doubtful since couples are more likely to end up beating on each other and taking drugs then breaking up completely. Still the movie is important and should be seen by more people. Movies used to be about right winning over wrong which made them ring true. That is what makes this one so enjoyable.

The DVD box called it original and funny, but it was nether original nor funny, I can say it had just absolutely ridiculous plot with bad acting of the leading actors, dialogs making no sense and way too far from being even slightly realistic. Was watching it just to see how worse it can get because with every minute I felt that it can't get any worse but still it could. Watching it was physically painful and to survive it had to laugh at how idiotic it was. Boring and not moving anywhere. Can't even say anything about the human relationships portrayed in the movie because it has nothing to do with actual human relationships and whoever called it deep and meaningful has never seen good movies about relationships and has never had any healthy relationships in real life. Could survive it only because had someone to watch it with so we could mock it together.

Marianna Palka's Good Dick is a fascinating romantic drama with a take that on the genre that you probably haven't seen before (or at least done this well).A woman who goes to her local video store daily to rent soft core porn becomes the object of affection for the video clerk. It's a simple situational setup that masks the layers beneath. The woman is cold and distant and seemingly not interested in a relationship, of any kind, despite the constant attempts by the video clerk. In fact she treats him pretty bad. Not until the end when we meet her father do we really understand her. She's been sexually abused by him, the first man in her life, and that shapes how she interacts with other men. It now becomes interesting that her erotic interest lie in soft core porn (porn without penetration as the clerk tells her). The clerk too isn't without issues to be addressed. He's battled drug addiction which may explain his addictive personality and why he won't give up on her despite the vitriolic insults and humiliation she dishes.It's been said that hurt people hurt people, and that concept is exemplified well in this film. She treats him bad because that's what she knows. She maintains control of their relationship because she knows how awful it feels to be the one being controlled. Many times throughout the film she dominates him (even simulating rape) to humiliation, and it's painfully clear that she's been through hell.Through it all we are left with a hopeful ending. A confrontation with her father and reconciliation with her video clerk are small steps in her progression. In the end we're left with two damaged people moving forward together. Hopeful, indeed.(Be careful Googling this one - the title may lead you to the dark side of the web!

I came across this film by accident. A very fortunate accident for me. The characters and the plot were very believable. I am a retired police officer having worked in the NYPD and in Colorado. I have met people like her and have spent a lot of time dealing with their issues. I was glued to my TV and when the film ended as I had watched one of the best films ever. The main plot was very well developed along with two or three sub-plots involving other characters. Culver City is filled with a lot of pseudo-intellectuals who all believe that they are somehow film experts and filled with all sorts of wisdom about life in general. This adds to the great direction as the viewer is watching life in that community as the main characters are developed.