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By Randy B (299) on 29 Apr 2009

It's more unintentionally sad than funny, even with the cast's obviously purposeful overacting…

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By Wil R (126) on 13 Apr 2009

Douglas Sirk meets William Castle with this slice of trashy satire from John Waters, it was at the tail end of his underground filmmaking,…

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By Andyandyandy A (4) on 22 Mar 2009

Edie's last Water's movie. Heartwarming…

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By Nate B (216) on 27 Feb 2009

Francine fishpaw would drink gasoline if it was in a bottle…

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By Clarissa C (114) on 21 Feb 2009

Divine is portrays a a desperate housewife perfectly! The odorama card and story only sweeten this movie experience…

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By Kairi L (2) on 27 Jan 2009

John Waters does it again with his wacky one-liners and big hair…

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By James H (4,675) on 20 Jan 2009

Hysterically funny, wonderfully campy and highly entertaining. Divine is just that, and the rest of the cast is great as well…

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By Oaks B (10) on 11 Jan 2009

Goofy and poorly made but occasionally very funny, this lowbrow comedy about a mistreated housewife named Francis Fishpaw (Divine) who constantly…

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By Patrick D (1,000) on 08 Jan 2009

John Waters' love letter to the 50s melodrama and the William Castle gimmick film. Brilliant…

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By Shane D (789) on 24 Dec 2008

I wish I could meet the characters of this movie in real life…

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By Cli O (622) on 20 Nov 2008

This was on tbs or something late at night about a month back, decently edited for cable television…

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By Col A (2) on 05 Nov 2008

THIS IS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE! A MUST-SEE…

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By Elise M (241) on 14 Oct 2008

Polyester, una black comedy che però possiede ancora il tocco folle dei suoi primi due film…

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By Ellen L (86) on 11 Oct 2008

Oh wow. I watched this on tv at like 1 in the morning…

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By Ralphieboy333 (33) on 18 Sep 2008

Everything in this movie was so literal and over the top. You can see how John Waters has moved away from that throughout his career…

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By Facundo D (8) on 12 Sep 2008

Can't find any flaw in a john waters film. brilliantly funny and entertaining…

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By Emalee A (65) on 31 Aug 2008

I love this soap operatic dramady from the illustrious John Waters…

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By Wayne Z (56) on 30 Aug 2008

The fact that this had a bigger budget than previous John Water's movies and was more sanitised than his other films was probably no coincidence…

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By Joe G (740) on 27 Aug 2008

More to a mainstream audince I thought it was still camppy gold…

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By .Lazy.bones. . (28) on 25 Aug 2008

Edith Massey was so adorable in this movie!! my life never gonna be complete until I get a scratch and sniff ODORAMA card…

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