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Polyester (1981)

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 26m
  • 72

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Waters

Producer:

John Waters, Robert Shaye

Release Date:

May 29, 1981

Runtime:

1hr 26m

Synopsis

A suburban housewife's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.

Cast

  • Divine
  • Tab Hunter
  • Edith Massey
  • Mink Stole
  • David Samson
  • Joni Ruth White
  • Mary Garlington
  • Ken King
  • Hans Kramm
  • Stiv Bators

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80

Polyester is not Mr. Waters's ordinary movie. It's a very funny one, with a hip, stylized humor that extends beyond the usual limitations of his outlook.

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Metacritic review by Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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