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Pink Flamingos

  • Rated NC 17
  • 1hr 33m
  • 47

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Waters

Release Date:

Mar 17, 1972

Runtime:

1hr 33m

Synopsis

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Cast

  • Divine
  • David Lochary
  • Mary Vivian Pearce
  • Mink Stole
  • Danny Mills
  • Edith Massey
  • Channing Wilroy
  • Cookie Mueller
  • Paul Swift
  • Susan Walsh

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47
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Based on 10 Critics
3.4

USER SCORE (8)

Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Reviews
67

Almost anyone could dig up and film someone with the ability to lip-synch using his a**hole, but it takes genius to set the scene to Surfin' Bird.

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Metacritic review by Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
The A.V. Club
67

Pink Flamingos is, in its own unique way, the quintessential American Family Film. Not my family, certainly, and probably not yours, but a family nonetheless. So here's to family values. And shock values, too.

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Metacritic review by Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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