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Pink Flamingos

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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 Jun 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 Sep 7, 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 Jun 30, 2008
One of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made. Go to Full Review Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene Oct 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 Aug 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 Jul 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 Read all reviews

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Lin F @_lxn_ Oct 6, 2026 I did not enjoy this film. I found myself wanting to turn it off multiple times throughout the film. I constantly found myself trying to understand what it was that I was watching and why I was continuing to watch it. It was just too weird and gross for me, and because of that, I could not find the humor in it. The overall weirdness of it allows me to see why this would be a cult classic film, and why there would be a fan base behind it, but I just can't get behind the concept of this movie. I would not watch this movie again willingly. See more Cherish H @RT08966500 Oct 1, 2026 I was not the biggest fan of this movie. It is not the type of movie that I would ever watch again. See more Jacky A @RT21617456 Sep 29, 2026 this movie was honestly crazy. i didn’t really know what to expect going into it, but it was definitely not what i expected. it was weird, disgusting, and sometimes funny, and there were so many moments where i was just sitting there thinking what am i watching. divine was definitely the most memorable part of the movie. i can see why this movie is not for everyone, but it was definitely an interesting movie to watch. See more JO3WY T @RT70289803 Sep 29, 2026 Pink Flamingos was shocking and hard to watch at times. The movie uses gross humor and strange characters to push every limit it can. I did not enjoy every scene, but I can see why it became a cult movie. It is so unusual that people would want to talk about it after watching it. See more Chase B @RT59450598 Sep 24, 2026 This was a horrible watch. I couldn't get behind the concept to start with and it turned even worse than I thought t was going to be. It felt like I was watching something so disgusting you could only access on the dark web. See more Dylan B @Db135 Sep 23, 2026 When I first watched the movie, I thought I might not like it, but after watching it, I found it very funny, original, and unique. The movie is a lot of fun to watch See more Read all reviews
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John Waters

Director

Divine

Divine

David Lochary

Raymond Marble

Mink Stole

Connie Marble

Mary Vivian Pearce

Cotton

Danny Mills

Crackers

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Pink Flamingos

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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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