Review of A Dirty Shame (2004) by Haberdasher Z — 09 Mar 2009

John Waters is Baltimore's greatest filmmaker, and here, he creates his most sexually perverse and also his most hilarious film in years. It's as trashy as his early works, but watching this will make you wish Waters could make more films like this.

It might not be for everyone, but it's much more amusing than most other comedies out today. The film has Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman), a sexually repressed uptight woman, who refuses to have sex with her husband Vaughn (Chris Isaak) and her daughter Caprice (Selma Blair) has huge breasts and performs under the name of Ursula Udders.

Sylvia suffers a nasty blow to the head and becomes a sex addict, and becomes involved with a local underground movement of sex addicts, led by Ray-Ray (Johnny Knoxville), much to the horror of Sylvia's mother Big Ethel (Susanne Shepherd), who campaigns for decency in the neighbourhood.

Now, why aren't there more films like this?? :p Waters creates a filthy but sweet sex film, it's perverse, taking pleasure in showcasing alot of sex fetishes. But, it contains alot of his trademark trashy dialogue and over-acting, but it makes for a very enjoyable film!! :D.