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Pink Flamingos

Play trailer Poster for Pink Flamingos NC-17 1997 1h 33m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A bizarre fat woman (Divine) and her misfit family compete with a Baltimore couple (David Lochary, Mink Stole) to be named the filthiest people alive.
Pink Flamingos

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Critics Consensus

Uproarious and appalling, Pink Flamingos is transgressive camp that proves as entertaining as it does shocking.

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Eric Henderson Slant Magazine 06/21/2022
Of course, every battle in their filth war is quite obviously filtered through John Waters’s legendarily up-is-down, wrong-is-right sense of humor. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly 09/07/2011
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Twenty-five years after Pink Flamingos was first unleashed, the film has lost none of its danger, its wit, its psychotic exuberance. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 06/30/2008
One of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made. Go to Full Review
Dave Giannini InSession Film 02/23/2024
Pink Flamingos is rare. A challenging, but still entertaining watch, no matter how much you try to deny it. Go to Full Review
Brian Susbielles InSession Film 02/22/2023
Everything – and I mean everything – was depicted with no filter and no trickery, completely raw. Go to Full Review
Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene 10/28/2022
The myriad horrors that Pink Flamingos offers are a catalog of atrocities played for triumph. Go to Full Review
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Marc G @MarcG118 16h I did not like this movie; I just could not stomach what I was watching. See more Michael @Michael3333 1d It was a weird movie. Some scenes were hard to watch and disturbing. Would not recommend. See more Jacqueline N @Jnunez145 1d I had a hard time watching this movie. There was moments where I had to look away. It was strange and gross See more Elias M @Elias_miguel_502 Feb 6 to start off, yes, pink flamingos is sort of made to be a movie with the sole purpose of offending everyone, most likely everyone will drop the movie mid way. I, as many others, find this really hard to watch. from the cannibals scene , to the horrendous poop moment. regarding cult film history, it mostly had it's target audience towards LQBTQ+ members, as it also tackled the idea of being different. 1/5, i most definitely would not recommend it and stay away from it if you wish to keep yourself together. -Elias Miguel See more Adrian A. @Adrian_AU Feb 5 This movie is very strange and gross. I would say that if you have a very sensitive mind to not watch it because some of the scenes can stick with you. I personally did not like this movie. I get that the point of this movie is to be shocking but I don’t see the point of this movie. Two groups of people seeing who could be more filthy. See more Nate N @NateDawg007 Feb 4 This movie, was a tough watch, I understand that the director (John Waters) was heading for a new style and wanted to try something different but this was not it. This is one of the most disgusting/grossest movie I have ever watched. The only reason why this would be labeled a cult film is because of the audience that it brought. The LQBTQ community population is what made the film popular. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A bizarre fat woman (Divine) and her misfit family compete with a Baltimore couple (David Lochary, Mink Stole) to be named the filthiest people alive.
Director
John Waters
Producer
John Waters
Screenwriter
John Waters
Distributor
Fine Line Features, New Line Cinema
Production Co
Dreamland
Rating
NC-17
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 11, 1997, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 7, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA)
$413.8K
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Mono, Dolby