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Pink Flamingos (25th Anniversary Edition) [VHS]

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4 star:		(32)
3 star:		(15)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(38)

 

 

If you can sit thru some of the most disturbing scenes ever filmed, you will be rewarded by some of the funniest. A must-see for John Waters fans, although after seeing this movie umpteen times, I still fast-forward past the chicken sex scene and the mom-fellates-son scene - they are still too horrible for me to watch! The highlights include Edith Massey, who spends the entire movie in a playpen wearing dirty underwear and obsessing about eggs; Divine's unique way of keeping her dinner steak warm; and the pepperoni-enhanced flasher. If you're the easily-offended type, don't ever watch it. If you like sick humor and are a Waters fan, you must have this in your collection.

This film is hilarious! It's so good! Judging by some of the low reviews this movie has received, it's pretty clear that these people have no sense of humour and probably grew up in the Bible Belt of America living under rocks with no clue of anything involving creativity.

People, this movie is SUPPOSED TO BE GROSS, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DISGUSTING, IT DELIBERATELY HAS BAD ACTING...all these things make this movie so appealing. The main character is a transvestite, her son has a chicken sex fetish, the mother is obsessed with eating eggs and lives in a play pen, the villains have red and blue hair and keep girls impregnated by their chauffeur locked in the basement...how could it get any better??

I laugh harder everytime I see this movie and I'm sure anyone with a sense of humour will strongly agree and find it equally as amusing!

Pink Flamingos really was the film John Waters made to make him famous--and it worked, although he didn't truly enter mainstream cinema for some years to come. The plot moves along rather well--better than I expected; and the acting is great. The scenes and plot are so silly that I found it entertaining although I wouldn't give it quite the full five stars.

The action begins when Connie and Raymond Marble (Mink Stole and David Lochary, respectively) become involved in a huge fight with Babs Johnson, a.k.a. Divine (Divine) over who is the filthiest person alive. The Marbles even hire a spy, Cookie (Cookie Mueller) to get them the dirt (no pun intended) on Divine and her family. Divine lives in a broken down trailer home in the woods. Divine's crazy son Crackers (Danny Mills), her mentally challenged, egg loving mother Edie (Edith Massey) and her good friend Cotton (Mary Vivian Pearce) live with her.

The Marbles start to torture Divine and her family not just with a spy but also with the lovely (ahem) package they send to Divine--a piece of "number two." Of course it's only a matter of time before Divine and her family attack the Marble's home; and The Marbles attack Divine's home.

Be prepared--this is no movie for the squeamish. There are scenes of (ahem) rather unusual modes of love making, human mutilation, and there's the infamous scene at the end in which Divine eats a dog's you-know-what. Actually, the last scene is so talked about it came off as slightly less (well, very slightly less) repugnant than I thought it would be.

The movie was made on a very, very low budget, so if you want great cinematography and choreography, look elsewhere. I would suppose, however, that the choreography works well in crowd scenes including the scene in which everybody at Divine's birthday party attacks the police.

The DVD comes with a 12 minute 25th anniversary extra that gives us deleted scenes from the movie; and we get the original theatrical trailer as well.

Overall, Pink Flamingos may not be as bad as they say it is--I rather liked it. Sure, it's a tad gross at times; but it's all in good fun. This movie should appeal to adults who can handle creative movies that are clearly out of the mainstream.

Thank you, John Waters!

This is the trash movie from which all other bad movies should be judged by! The Grandmama of filth, Divine SHINES like a turd in this one!

Leave it to the Pope of trash, John Waters to set the record straight on the All American practice of "Keeping Up With The Jonses!" As Divine proudly states in this film: "It's virtually impossible to be filthier than Divine!" And SHe proves that point in the end by proudly scarfing down on that dog's spoor!

My favorite scene:
Where Divine shoplifts that steak between HIr thighs! Later when SHe is cooking it, HIr daughter remarks how good it smells. Divine replies, that it ought to, cause SHe kept it warm all day in "HIr own little oven!!!"

King George W. wouldnt like this movie. However if you have been warped in the 1970's by the National Lampoon, and if you have not seen the most infamous movie ever made, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU????!!!!

One of the most disgusting films I have ever seen, John Waters does his best to cover nearly every filthy and disgusting taboo that he can think of in "Pink Flamingos." Divine stars as one of the most disturbing, creepiest looking transvestites ever seen that is part John Wayne Gacy and part Ed Gein while indulging her/himself in some of the most trashiest, sickening, abominable, and loathesome acts ever caught on camera. This film has it all. Cannibalism, murder, rape, coprophagia, bestiality, real animal cruelty, she males, transvestites, cross dressing, foot sucking, and incest. Not for the squeamish or weak of heart.

I consider myself a pretty hardened moviegoer, having seen "Baise Moi" and "Man Bites Dog," but this flick forced me to repeatedly cover my eyes and scream "Nasty!" like a little girl. This film is truly the acid test of nausea inducement.

Here is a list of some of the highlights (I guess these would be SPOILERS-- it will be interesting to see which make it past the Amazon screeners):

1. Toothless hillbilly Cracker "making love" to a woman in his chicken shack, with the bloody, crushed, clawing chickens between them;

2. Marbles' servant pleasures himself and then inseminates an unconscious abductee with a dropper;

3. Mr. Marbles exposes himself to women in the park with a salami tied down under, and eventually gets a taste of his own medicine from a transsexual;

4. A naked scrawny hairy Afroed hippie dances around on a stage and bends over, showing everything for at least one full minute;

5. Transvestite Divine orally fellates her supposed son Cracker while he cries "Oh, Mama!"

6. Divine plunks up fresh doo from a foo-foo dog and gnashes it in her teeth, winking glamour shots at the camera.

Keep in mind that this is all several times more visceral and revolting when seen on the screen. Be warned-- I've never seen a movie so funny and yet intensely disgusting at the same time.

John Waters had always pushed the copyright rules by including fantastic 50s rock songs in his early films (Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos & Female Trouble). Finally, one of the soundtracks has graced CD shelves! A few of the songs from the original film have changed ("16 Candles" by the Crests is now "Happy Happy Birthday Baby"), but overall, the music is great! These soundtracks were a precursor to John's soundtrack for "Hairspray", so check this out if you're into sleazy little-heard oldies! My favorites are the instrumentals: they're just so sleazy! Check out "The Swag" and "Intoxica", plus Little Richards "The Girl Can't Help It" reminds me of Divine shashaying down Baltimore streets!

People who gave this movie only one star are conservative christians. Go and pray to god that you missed out.

Revolting, disgusting, stomach turning, and freakin' funny! Divine is at her divinely best as Babs Johnson aka The Filthiest Person alive. I'm not going to give away anything, the shock value is just too good. It's fun watching this movie with people who have never seen it. I've seen reactions from people leaving the room to actual gagging! It's wonderful! But honestly, the movie is laung-out-loud funny. The dialoge, which can be a bit wordy, but never boring, is some of the best I've ever heard. Watch out for some great characters like Edie the egg lady, pure genius! Babs' birthday party scene has to be seen to be believed. You wouldn't believe me if I described it here.

The extras are great as well. John Waters hosts a good number of deleted scenes and does a great commentary giving us lots of little details about the making of this wonderful low-budget piece of art.

If you don't watch this movie you will never know what all the talk is about. Plus, you will have missed one of the greatest "cult" films of all time.

screw all the family-orientated garbage that is tainting movie theatres nowadays. does anyone want to see another tom hanks and meg ryan duo? does anyone really care if julia roberts plays the kindhearted hooker a second time? this movie is my favorite of the legendary john waters collection. the man's a genius! he's the master of good bad taste. dyed pubes, beastality, incest, furniture licking, egg obsession, and probably the most unforgettable final scene of all time...this movie's excellent, and always has me laughing and turns my stomach a little. just don't watch it while eating or drinking anything.