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Pink Flamingos

Play trailer Poster for Pink Flamingos NC-17 1997 1h 33m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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83% Tomatometer 47 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
A bizarre fat woman (Divine) and her misfit family compete with a Baltimore couple (David Lochary, Mink Stole) to be named the filthiest people alive.
Pink Flamingos

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Critics Consensus

Uproarious and appalling, Pink Flamingos is transgressive camp that proves as entertaining as it does shocking.

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Eric Henderson Slant Magazine 06/21/2022
Of course, every battle in their filth war is quite obviously filtered through John Waters’s legendarily up-is-down, wrong-is-right sense of humor. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly 09/07/2011
A
Twenty-five years after Pink Flamingos was first unleashed, the film has lost none of its danger, its wit, its psychotic exuberance. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 06/30/2008
One of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made. Go to Full Review
Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene 10/28/2022
The myriad horrors that Pink Flamingos offers are a catalog of atrocities played for triumph. Go to Full Review
Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault 08/30/2022
B
Depraved, to be sure, but very funny and consistently subversive; one of the great sick-humor comedies. Go to Full Review
Martin Unsworth Starburst 07/25/2022
5/5
By no means is the film for those easily offended (there are moments that push the boundaries of even the most liberal viewer), but there's no denying how much fun it is to spend time with Divine and the Marbles. Go to Full Review
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Allan C @RT15713161 1d The Pope of Trash’s Calling Card Film Pink Flamingos (1972) ***** John Waters’ gleefully filthy cult classic is an intentionally shocking, provocative comedy that makes Jackass look tame, following Divine and her family as they feud with a couple competing to be named the filthiest people alive. Its grimy low-budget aesthetic, outrageous characters, and deliberately disgusting set pieces make it feel like forbidden cinema, and more than 50 years later, it remains just as hilarious, disturbing, and wildly offensive. Definitely not for everyone, or perhaps anyone, but for those who embrace Waters’ trashy sensibility, PINK FLAMINGOS is a twisted cult masterpiece. See more Mario Galaxy Movie is good I @MarioGalaxyMovieIsgood Jun 15 SCREW. THIS. STUPID. MOVIE. TO. HELL. IT IS UNBEARABLE! I CANT WATCH IT! See more Precious E @RT11040780 May 19 After watching Pink Flamingos, the film is not the worst, but it is not my favorite movie. The movie was very different and unique. See more Diego M @RT57874213 May 19 The film wasn't bad by any means, but if you aren't looking for shock value in queer defiance then I wouldn't recommend. See more Jaden G @RT57257977 May 18 I feel like this film's goal was to be gross and make you feel disgusted. It was about a character named Babs Johnson who was happy to be known as the filthiest person alive and throughout the film did a lot of gross things. It includes themes related to incest, cannibalism, and eating human waste which was just very gross and made me almost cringe. I gave it 2 stars though because you could tell it was supposed to make you feel gross and it did for me. See more Dominick S @Dominick118 May 17 I mean is not the worst film, but definitely not my favorite. The story is wonky and not entirely my cup of tea, to say the least. I did like the comedya nd bizzare parts a bit. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A bizarre fat woman (Divine) and her misfit family compete with a Baltimore couple (David Lochary, Mink Stole) to be named the filthiest people alive.
Director
John Waters
Producer
John Waters
Screenwriter
John Waters
Distributor
Fine Line Features, New Line Cinema
Production Co
Dreamland
Rating
NC-17
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 11, 1997, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 7, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$413.8K
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Mono, Dolby
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