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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 20 Dec 2013

A wonderfully assembled film that depicts Harris Glenn Milstead as a performer, show business trouper and a dear friend to many…

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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 14 Nov 2013

In I Am Divine, bolstered by plentiful interviews with Waters and other collaborators, Schwarz effectively turns Milstead into the life of…

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By Jamie S. Rich (140) for Oregonian (1,550) on 05 Nov 2013

It's a warm, affecting tribute, taking us inside the blessed existence of the person John Waters calls the world's greatest outsider…

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By Chris Kaltenbach (562) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 28 Oct 2013

This is a movie that's really about how much fun Glenn Milstead had being Divine, and how he — perhaps unexpectedly — found so many fans…

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By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 26 Oct 2013

A viewer could suffer whiplash just from how much [Divine] and pop culture changed in the course of 20 years…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 24 Oct 2013

The Pink Flamingos star Divine gets her own well-deserved spotlight…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 24 Oct 2013

Affectionate, informative and genuinely entertaining…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 24 Oct 2013

An enjoyably naughty trip through Divine's career that happily makes time to introduce us to Glenn Milstead, the sweet kid and fledgling hairdresser…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 24 Oct 2013

Even if this overly respectful movie never goes quite deep enough, it does shows us the man behind the garish eye shadow, the lost boy under…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 24 Oct 2013

More than just a one-name star of pop culture’s alternative history, Divine’s story — terrorized by bullies, embraced by the outré,…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 24 Oct 2013

Jeffrey Schwarz’s documentary is a fine, touching tribute to John Waters’ larger-than-life drag diva, Divine…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 23 Oct 2013

I Am Divine doesn’t dwell on Milstead’s growing pains…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 23 Oct 2013

(A)s a celebration of one of the most unique talents in the history of all mediums, this movie does (Divine) more than justice…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 23 Oct 2013

There have been other docs about John Waters and his coterie, and a lot of this may be familiar ground to some, but Schwartz's comprehensive…

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By Glenn Dunks (375) for Glenn Dunks (46) on 22 Oct 2013

[Director Jeffrey] Schwartz has made a film that would impress Divine's biggest fan: himself. It's all about Divine, darling and don't you forget it…

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By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 22 Oct 2013

It feels like a veiled apology for Babs Johnson and other exercises in bad taste. In my book, the filthiest person alive will always win the prize…

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By Ethan Lacroix (1) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Oct 2013

I Am Divine shows how the future John Waters muse transformed from an isolated, weird kid into an over-the-top, proudly freakish star who influenced…

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By Simon Abrams (730) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Oct 2013

A worthy documentary tribute to the drag queen icon…

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By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 21 Oct 2013

Though it may boil down to your average procession-of-talking-heads template, it's still enlivened by the raucous words from the band of outsiders…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 26 Sep 2013

This documentary reminds us of Divine's audacious and unique impact on both film and American culture…

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