Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

aaronjamesmaximus This movie just screams pretension the director even admitted he just wanted to offend people like an edgy 12 year old on the internet but because it was made in the 70's people didn't realize that John Waters had the intellectual equivalent of a modern 12 year old on the internet. Someone who just wants to offend people with no actual depth is just a pretentious man-child. A selfish self-centered sociopath devoid of empathy, social reasoning, social context, or self awareness made this movie and all the characters are the same kind disgusting sociopaths as well with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The only difference between John Waters and his band of disgusting characters and other notorious sociopaths is that they made movies so their sociopathic acts are excused because its "art" like many pretentious so called modern artists who like defecate on a canvas and call it art. When in reality they are just sociopaths who crave attention but lack the social skills mental reasoning and intellect to actually create art that isn't a pretentious facade with no meaning or depth. And just like the aforementioned "artists" john waters includes human leavings in this movie which are consumed by the fat ugly transvestite called divine. The entire cast of this "film" are sociopathic freaks who should be in mental hospitals. Insanity should not be excused because some people think it's progressive. Bestiality, pedophilia, genital mutilation, transvestism, and other sick fetishes presented in this travesty of a film are symptoms of mental illness and not the same as being attracted to other men or women which is fine and normal and people shouldn't feel like that makes them special and above straight people. John Waters however does think that he's special and also thinks that gives him the right to act like a maniac and have his characters do whatever to offend people, again much like a 12 year old which Waters shares a mental level with. In closing the movie is terrible so only watch it if you're a pretentious douche who thinks that they're better than everybody else like Waters.

framptonhollis John Waters' 1972 cult classic "Pink Flamingos" is among the most reviled, infamous, and daring films ever made. Waters pushes the boundaries of the entire art of cinema, forming a film as disgusting and shocking as possible. Many have both praised and harshly criticized this film for its explicit X-rated gross out content, and it has grown to become one of the most talked about cult movies of all time. Many people have claimed that this film is very "disturbing", but I am going to have to disagree. There are highly disturbing concepts portrayed in the film (incest, rape, murder, cannibalism, eating literal dog sh*t, etc.), but the film itself does not take itself seriously in any way. To be perfectly honest, I was having too much fun to be disturbed while watching this film, not because I'm a sick pervert or anything, but because this film is really damn funny! The fascinatingly bizarre characters, the ridiculous over the top acting, the quotably strange lines of dialogue, and the satirical edge all work together to make this film more than just a filth fest-but a masterpiece of dark humor. Never before have I seen such a sick and vile film that has a playful self awareness and almost celebratory vibe.However, I will admit that there was one scene that genuinely disturbed me: the infamous "chicken scene". I have witnessed many gruesome acts caught on camera and it takes a lot to make me legitimately concerned, but that chicken scene is actually shocking. The fact that it is all real is indescribably f*cked up. I will warn animal lovers that that one scene may trigger some extreme outrage and sadness. However, this took place years ago and at least the crew made use of the dead chicken by cooking and eating it afterwards.Anyway, if you are willing to watch something unbelievably filthy that is injected with extremely dark humor, "Pink Flamingos" is certainly the way to go!

Steve Pulaski Pink Flamingos is abashing in context and absolutely sickening to stomach. But it's so different, so independently crafted, and so uniquely presented that a bad review is simply not possible. It's a transgressive art form that is not of good, but shockingly so bad it's good quality. I believe that John Waters is quite possibly the only filmmaker who could concoct something like Pink Flamingos seriously.The film is disgusting, revolting, appalling, maddening, deplorable, and of immature taste. But its script, events, and art form all are taken in such a unique and respectable manner that it is impossible not to commend it for being such an exploitive film. I can't remember the last time I've seen a bad film with such interesting characters, a flamboyant lead, and a satisfying script and story.Plotwise, the film centers around two separate families both in competition for the title of "The Filthiest Person/Family Alive." The first family is made up of the current "filthiest person" named Divine who goes under the pseudonym "Babs Johnson" (Divine), her simpleton, egg-obsessed mother Edie (Massey), her son who has a chicken/sex fetish named Crackers (Mills) and his traveling sex-companion Cotton (Pearce). They reside in a mobile home in the middle of the woods with a pair of plastic pink flamingos out on their front lawn.The other family is made up of Connie (Stole) and Raymond Marble (Lochary). The couple run a black market baby sale to Lesbian couples by having their sex-servant named Channing (Wilroy) go out and kidnap random women and having them impregnated by him. They hold the women captive until they give birth to the kid, and upon selling it to the Lesbian couple, they donate the proceeds to heroin dealers at elementary schools and their own line of pornographic stores.There's your premise and you can imagine the barrage of laughs, screams, shrieks, and quivers you'll get out of that. It appears Waters had all of these sick, twisted, and deranged ideas but couldn't find a way to successfully incorporate all or enough into a feature length film. So he made the plot about two separate families being gratuitously filthy so that many or all of his ideas could be fully utilized. Genius.It should also be said that Pink Flamingos occupies one of the strangest scores in history. Many songs are played, mostly older tunes that are instantly recognizable. I doubt musicians like the great Little Richard and LaVern Baker ever thought their music would be incorporated in a shock film for the sick and depraved. It might actually be something to be proud of.Normally the case with shock films is once you discover or see the shocking element it wears thin and the film itself becomes a one note joke. Pink Flamingos doesn't just include one but various elements and scenes of shock that assure boredom prevention and the peak of your curiosity reached.Being shot on 16 and 35mm and being re-released twenty five years later, the film still occupies a strange and stylistic documentary look which only further intensifies some of the film's scenes because some, if not all, of them were actually real. Divine does an exceptionally well done job of playing one of the most provocative and shameful film protagonists ever seen, but the true tragedy is he died before experiencing any true, broad success.So what am I missing? Whether or not I recommend the film. I can't say. It's one of those films that you should already know if you want to see. I don't need to further you in your decision-making. Pink Flamingos is a trashy, stylistic masterpiece of the maximum proportion. To call it manipulative would be wrong since it still has a rather subtle popularity, and to call it "awful" would be completely wrong. It is completely worthy of the title "the best worst film." NOTE: I didn't give this film a star rating on purpose. It's because I can not effectively rate this film in any way. And giving it multiple ratings would be disingenuous. It exists in a world that doesn't have a single star shining.Starring: Divine, David Lochary, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, David Lochary, and Channing Wilroy. Directed by: John Waters.

pabald9480 This is the first John Waters movie I saw that I can't recommend multiple viewings-it almost made me sick the second viewing, oh well. Without going into the plot as I'm sure most viewers know by now, it's a love it or hate it movie, but I give it at 10 for its time of originality. I for one like Serial Mom with Kathleen Turner, also by John Waters, a lot better than this. This may have been his first movie ever made, but Serial Mom was my first JW movie, therefore it's my favorite. Different tastes for different people, I guess. Even though I did like the film, I felt two viewings was plenty, Serial Mom I've lost count with how many times I've watched that, I even own it, so you can tell I love that one, a friend of mine has Pink Flamingoes that I bought for him, and I'm happy with that. It is funny but gross, so I like it, I don't love it.