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Pink Flamingos

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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
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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
Dave Giannini InSession Film 02/23/2024
Pink Flamingos is rare. A challenging, but still entertaining watch, no matter how much you try to deny it. Go to Full Review
Brian Susbielles InSession Film 02/22/2023
Everything – and I mean everything – was depicted with no filter and no trickery, completely raw. 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
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Jack F @MovieFan111 3d Man, what is this? It was made such a long time ago to. I know it's famous, and an important part of film midnight cult history, but it just didn't make any sense. My impression of the movie worsened when I found out everything you saw them do was for real. That's insane and sick. To top it off, it was boring as heck. It wasn't funny. It's NC-17 for a reason. It slowly gets worse and worse. It doesn't start off bad from the beginning which I was thankful for. Watch at your own risk. You won't forget it. See more isa C @isacruz 6d Very odd and disturbing and I can't really understand how it's viewed as a comedy, did not laugh at all. Also do not agree with the sentiment that this movie from the 70s is mundane compared to those now, I believe it's still insane the portrayal of disgusting scenes and I did not enjoy. Could not follow any plot because of how much I had to look away and how uncomfortable most of the movie was. See more Steven F. @SteveGotScored Feb 20 This movie changed my life! See more valeria S @valeriasalgado Feb 19 It was a interesting movie to say the less and Its interesting and not in a good way I though it was a little uncomfortable in how the character were portrayed in the movie See more Marc G @MarcG118 Feb 17 I did not like this movie; I just could not stomach what I was watching. See more Michael @Michael3333 Feb 16 It was a weird movie. Some scenes were hard to watch and disturbing. Would not recommend. 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