High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Go-Getter is a 2007 American independent road movie directed and written by Martin Hynes. The film stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, and Jena Malone. In the film, 19-year-old Mercer (Pucci) steals a stranger`s car to embark on a road trip to find his estranged brother and tell him that their mother has died. He communicates with the car`s owner, Kate (Deschanel), via her cell phone while he travels.