Pink Flamingos

NC-17

Released Apr 11, 1997

1h 35m

Comedy

List

84%

Tomatometer

50 Reviews

72%

Audience Score

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.

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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

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.

Jun 21, 2022

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Twenty-five years after Pink Flamingos was first unleashed, the film has lost none of its danger, its wit, its psychotic exuberance.

Rated: A

Sep 7, 2011

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Variety Staff

Variety

One of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made.

Jun 30, 2008

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Dave Giannini

InSession Film

Pink Flamingos is rare. A challenging, but still entertaining watch, no matter how much you try to deny it.

Feb 23, 2024

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

Everything – and I mean everything – was depicted with no filter and no trickery, completely raw.

Feb 22, 2023

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

The myriad horrors that Pink Flamingos offers are a catalog of atrocities played for triumph.

Oct 28, 2022

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Milosz W

Disgusting, loved it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/24

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Joshua H

The tone of the movie was a bit scattered, but pink flamingos' utter bizarre nature will make a decent pastime for those who enjoy a bit of dark humor

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/23

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Mu S

Tudo nele é ruim, mas não de propósito, ele não se importa se está sendo uma porcaria completa, ele se importa se está sendo chocante, e consegue fazer isso muito bem, além das diversas cenas icônicas.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/08/23

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PridePosterStudios

Still in therapy after finishing this movie several years ago

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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CodyZamboni

Movie is campy, trashy, amateurish, stupid, and poorly shot in 16mm. It has shockingly graphic scenes, some of which are downright offensive. Poor acting grates in a lot of unnecessarily long boring scenes. For its' time, the movie probably set a record for the most cussing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Eric L

Great film about the filthiest person in the world. Get yourself some poppers and have some fun watching pure trash cinema!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/08/23

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Raymond Marble

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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 35m
Sound Mix: Mono, Dolby