Pink Flamingos
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Pink Flamingos
1972
Comedy, Crime
1h 33m
A family of rednecks and a pair of swingers do battle with one another for the rights to the title "The Filthiest People Alive." (imdb)
Directed by:
John WatersScreenwriter:
John WatersPink Flamingos
1972
Comedy, Crime
1h 33m
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Rated 24 Nov 2009
0
2nd
In 2041 there will be someone claiming that 2girls1cup was an outstanding example of tasteless fun. Let's realize that it's an utter nonsense before it's too late.
Rated 24 Nov 2009
Rated 09 Jun 2012
5
69th
I attempted to make eggs the morning after I watched this and nearly added my own vomit as a special ingredient. Whatever reservations I may have about it being kind of cheap and stupid, I will say that I admire how darkly hilarious and unflinching this is.
Rated 09 Jun 2012
Rated 28 Nov 2011
100
99th
Yes, I know it sounds odd why it's 100. It's because I had terrifyingly high hopes for this film, and it met every single one of them, with the added bonus of every actor speaking their lines like they'll one day be carved into stone. John Waters made this film with the intent of success, and it worked.
Rated 28 Nov 2011
Rated 23 Sep 2007
4
83rd
Oh Jesus Christ. How delightfully trashy. This is like all of the worst parts of the internet before there was internet.
Rated 23 Sep 2007
Rated 22 Apr 2018
69
44th
Pivotal link between Pasolini & the Farrellys? Functionally obsolete because internet? I love Waters as a character but he really Fs with my rating system. Possibly the most punk film ever ergo terrible to sit through. Disgusting & hilarious but mainly works on some meta level that has little to do with the actual experience of watching it. Probably had to be seen in 72 in a theatre full of unsuspecting victims. I enjoy that this exists but honestly got close to 0 net enjoyment from watching it.
Rated 22 Apr 2018
Rated 03 Sep 2011
75
65th
I laughed, I cried, I hurled.
Rated 03 Sep 2011
Rated 12 Dec 2009
9
97th
Easily Waters' worst movie, filled with ugly, horrible, despicable characters doing even worse things. I loved it.
Rated 12 Dec 2009
Rated 09 Aug 2008
30
2nd
Shock factor doesnt make up for the poor script and shoddy acting.
Rated 09 Aug 2008
Rated 30 Aug 2007
10
0th
No need to try to be a weirdo.. This is a stupid and disgusting movie.
Rated 30 Aug 2007
Rated 05 Aug 2017
100
98th
Having seen this movie long after hearing of its "shocking" scenes, the whole thing still holds up incredibly well. This is back when amateurism could still be utterly subversive, and the stabs that this takes at the American political landscape both at its time and now are truly remarkable, especially on its budget. But, where it is poor in funding, it is rich in genre savvy and political focus. Queer and disorienting to its core, Pink Flamingos proves to be a cultural force of reckoning.
Rated 05 Aug 2017
Rated 06 May 2012
10
96th
John Waters has his finger on the pulse of America. He outdid himself here. "Does blood turn you on?" "It makes me cum"
Rated 06 May 2012
Rated 07 Apr 2012
48
18th
Uhhhh. I don't know if I was too young when I saw this...or too old.
Rated 07 Apr 2012
Rated 15 Aug 2010
75
84th
John Waters goes for outrageous and succeeds with flying colors. Other directors had been making very daring movies by this time (Jack Smith and Dusan Makavejev come to mind) but this trumps them all. And yet, it isn't just by parts repulsive, shocking, and hardcore pornographic; it also has an elusive, idiosyncratic tastefulness. It is self-consciously camp and in this respect actually has a delicate touch and a sort of subtlety.
Rated 15 Aug 2010
Rated 25 Jun 2021
20
0th
The soundtrack was pretty good. The rest of the movie makes me question my commitment to free speech.
Rated 25 Jun 2021
Rated 04 Jun 2021
87
71st
Waters wisely allows his actors to breathlessly blaze through their unbelievably articulate monologues. They're often obviously trying to perfectly recite their lines, so the poeticism is especially hilarious. I love how that guy acts completely enthralled but doesn't get hard while getting head from Divine. Waters' voice provides the best narration by a director since Peter Watkins for Edvard Munch. -1 point for the flexing asshole
Rated 04 Jun 2021
Rated 06 Jan 2017
85
88th
An absurd-camp comedy influenced by "Salo" and "Philosophy in Bedroom" of de Sade and Baudelaire's "Flowers of Evil" with a Warholesque attention for pop-culture. Self-consciously lame and dead-pan, Waters achieves to be the anti of everything homogenous, conformist and bourgeois-minded. Let's hear Baudelaire on PF: "You who made art from the scum of earth! Where foetuses are fried for sabbath meals" (The Guiding Lights, Flowers of Evil) Divine is the perfect nomadic anti-hero. Bold movie.
Rated 06 Jan 2017
Rated 25 Jun 2015
85
85th
I really can't imagine watching this in 1972. Comparing this to the late-90s/early-00s gross-out comedies, it's amazing to see how tame they are in comparison. If John Waters filmed "American Pie", we would get an up-close shot of the pie getting fucked, then semen dripping out while Jason Biggs eats it afterwards, while Eugene Levy masturbates in the corner.
Rated 25 Jun 2015
Rated 17 Apr 2015
64
36th
There is a gaping asshole in this film & a chicken gets murdered in a rape sandwich. Still, the most shocking scene is the last, good choice in the theme music during it though. Fuck.
Rated 17 Apr 2015
Rated 19 Feb 2012
60
46th
This movie had me at hello, of course the hello came from a guy's anus. One final note that one bitch liked her some eggs!
Rated 19 Feb 2012
Rated 05 Nov 2010
70
88th
I guess there are just two kinds of people: those who love this movie and assholes.
Rated 05 Nov 2010
Rated 05 Mar 2009
30
7th
Tries way too hard, result is boring and annoying. Outdone in every way by the internet so there's really nothing worth watching here anymore.
Rated 05 Mar 2009
Rated 25 Sep 2008
65
15th
yeah... i guess... you know... i enjoyed it... at times?
Rated 25 Sep 2008
Rated 16 Aug 2008
15
0th
I think intentionally bad movies miss the point about what is so funny about unintentionally bad movies. This movie is terrible. Terrible editing, annoyingly bad acting, and a great soundtrack that somehow got ruined with being played at random times. I felt as though the movie was made by a high school drop out that thinks he's the edgiest mother fucker that ever lived, yet has no idea how to make a movie. However, it wasn't boring at all, so I guess it wasn't the worst movie of all time.
Rated 16 Aug 2008
Rated 19 Jul 2008
28
1st
The music is nice. Aside from that, you're better off putting Jackass on your i-phone, muting it, and going to a high school play. The experience will likely be more enjoyable.
Rated 19 Jul 2008
Rated 18 Jun 2008
90
89th
Tasteless, crude, nauseating, amateurish piece of trash.
I should also mention that it's brilliant.
Rated 18 Jun 2008
Rated 20 Oct 2007
0
0th
Kill Everyone Now! Yes! That includes everyone involved with the making of this "film."
Rated 20 Oct 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
26th
BOOORRRRRING. Handful of decently shocking moments, interspersed among long scenes of horribly acted nothing happening.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
92nd
Best watched with a large group of people, if only to hear others respond, Pink Flamingos has uniquely ridiculous characters and absurd quotes that might get ignored when you focus on the little throw-up in your mouth. See it again and you'll realize that there's a lot of charm to it, and you'll be disappointed you'll never find anything like it
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
25th
Certainly the most memorable and well-known of Waters' pre-mainstream films. Sometimes funny, sometimes boring. Mostly boring, sadly.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
15th
I feel like this 'movie' defies ratings and categorizations. It just exists for better or worse. For my taste, it exists for worse.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 02 Apr 2007
55
52nd
The ultimate epitome of antitaste. Not only for the preposterous characters and events, even cinematically every time camera moves it reeks of the reverse of cinematography.
Rated 02 Apr 2007
Rated 02 Mar 2007
30
9th
Silly.
Rated 02 Mar 2007
Rated 25 Dec 2006
90
32nd
stomach wrenching ugliness that you can't tear your eyes away from.. interesting but grotesquely haunting.. shit eating fun for the whole family..
Rated 25 Dec 2006
Rated 19 Feb 2024
80
87th
Haven't experienced this in more than ten years, then a teenager, and my first John Waters film I'm pretty sure. Definitely appreciate it much more now, perhaps due to years spent watching trashy movies, or a greater familiarity with Waters' work. Since then I've seen nearly all his films, caught his stage show (even took a photo with him) AND I got to see it on the big screen for its 50th anniversary. Makes me really excited to develop more as a human being.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
Rated 25 Nov 2023
75
49th
An instance where a number ranking system is a bust – an unrelenting wallow in deliberately abrasive provocation is what Waters is aiming for here and he succeeds 100%, but I’m not sure of the nobility (or even point) of what he has produced, and experiencing it again would not be at the top of my wish-list (I’m sure I still had a better time than the chicken did ☹) A one of a kind twisted, demented land-mark of sorts, but Waters’ “success” here hasn’t left me quite convinced.
Rated 25 Nov 2023
Rated 22 Aug 2023
69
50th
I’ve kind of come to the realization that Waters will never really be my style of filmmaking/humour but you can’t help but be put under his spell when he’s doing his thing.
Rated 22 Aug 2023
Rated 06 Jul 2023
35
11th
We're all fucked. It's during the party scene when you start to realise that it's not going to end well. Imagine the Texas Chainsaw Massacre without a chainsaw or a massacre and it's set in Maryland and there's a lot of rape and incest and nudity and torture and filth. Favourite scene: sausage penis mugging
Rated 06 Jul 2023
Rated 02 Apr 2023
0
1st
The score reflects not how I felt about the film but how most people will view it. Hell, a zero rating gets people's attention. This is a one-watch film. I have viewed it and I will never view it again. It is not a bad film. It is a film and that is really all I can say about it.
Rated 02 Apr 2023
Rated 12 Sep 2022
0
0th
An abomination. This is a cult favorite, and I don’t want to meet anyone in that cult. A comedy without a single good joke. It’s impressive that every actor in it is bad. It’s the kind of movie that makes you appreciate all the forgettably bad movies you’ve seen, because at least they’re not this. The only redeeming aspect is some of the soundtrack. One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.
Rated 12 Sep 2022
Rated 30 Aug 2022
0
1st
Y'a une scène où il bouffe de la merde. Y'a des gens qui aiment ça ?
Rated 30 Aug 2022
Rated 17 Aug 2022
84
71st
Went into this fully like “I’ll probably hate this but let’s get it over with!!!” but god damn if it isn’t frequently exceptionally funny - not just in its audacity but also in the hilarious and/or hilariously awful performances and ridiculous dialogue. The first half drags quite a bit but the second half is so full of mind-bogglingly awful yet simultaneously incredible moments. I hope to see this with a crowd one day.
Rated 17 Aug 2022
Rated 24 Aug 2021
0
0th
I think I understand what this stain on humanity is trying to do, because it truly is a movie I will never forget, but there is zero artistic or creative ability on display. It is repulsive and needs to be burned to the ground.
Rated 24 Aug 2021
Rated 16 Jun 2021
70
72nd
It manages to be politically outrageous -- basically the murder of everything that resembles status quo, from police brutality (they get killed and eaten) to vain notions of filthiness (Divine eats dog shit, has incestuous relationship with her son and treats mom like a baby, but what about the Marbles couple's kidnapping and raping of young women, baby selling and heroin pushing at schools?) -- as well as aesthetically self-destructive. There is nothing left but to be dirty and transgressive.
Rated 16 Jun 2021
Rated 09 May 2021
69
27th
Somehow more shocking and depraved than its reputation. Actually pretty funny at times.
Rated 09 May 2021
Rated 24 Jan 2019
10
0th
Divine: "Now we must outfilth the asshole or assholes that sent us this, and then they must die!"
Rated 24 Jan 2019
Rated 18 Nov 2018
45
0th
Divine'nin tipini gördükten sonra hikâyesini merak ettim ve onun için izledim. İğrenç filmleri seven insanlara tavsiye edebilirim fakat sevmeyenler uzak dursun. Ne teknik olarak iyi ne senaryo olarak sadece iğrençlik üzerine bir film. Farklı ve cesur bir yapım olduğu için bu puanı veriyorum. 4.5/10
Rated 18 Nov 2018
Rated 25 Feb 2018
0
5th
It's hard for me to believe people actually enjoy watching this. I understand appreciating the ideas and overall sentiments, as I mostly do, but the film itself was not entertaining for me in the slightest. I like John Waters, but come on, he made this to push boundaries, piss people off, and laugh at the reaction and nothing else. It's far from great cinema.
Rated 25 Feb 2018
Rated 06 Feb 2018
73
71st
One of the most excellently vulgar films that I've ever seen.
Rated 06 Feb 2018
Rated 01 Feb 2017
90
95th
Waters' attempt to gross out works just as intended, while Divine's presence brings everything to a totally new level of camp and enlightenment through filth, sex, and violence.
Rated 01 Feb 2017
Rated 07 Jan 2017
3
27th
not vegan
Rated 07 Jan 2017
Rated 20 Oct 2016
94
76th
I have nothing but respect for John Waters, I respect him as a filmmaker and as a man. I just adore his don't-care attitude and his irreverence, both of which, I think, are perfectly showcased in this corker. Any film that features people competing to be the filthiest people alive is OK by me. It's a genuine movie experience that is unlike most other movies.
Rated 20 Oct 2016
Rated 04 Dec 2015
75
67th
i am the walrus için çekilmiş bu film galiba. eggman var walrus var lucy in the sky with diamonds var
Rated 04 Dec 2015
Rated 02 Jul 2015
10
0th
How did this become a midnight movie and a cult classic, that means there's a bunch of people who kept coming back to watch this over and over and...I just lost some faith in humanity.
Rated 02 Jul 2015
Rated 18 Apr 2015
65
70th
A flexing asshole and people licking stair railings, yes.
Rated 18 Apr 2015
Rated 06 Sep 2014
85
76th
Divine is such a star! John Waters once again shows us a real exercise in bad taste + fun tips on what a person can accomplish with their butthole.
Rated 06 Sep 2014
Rated 13 Aug 2013
83
74th
One of the most horrifying films I've ever seen, featuring more than a couple of shocking scenes (especially the corker of an ending). Some of the writing and acting is a bit off, but it all starts to improve towards the end. The revenge scenes are disgusting, yet fun to watch. REWATCH: Has that out and loud humour of John Waters, with many memorable/scarring scenes, though the film's premise seems gimmicky and unserious (unlike Waters later films).
Rated 13 Aug 2013
Rated 04 Jul 2013
0
0th
Script and acting are so bad it's unwatchable. Tries hard to be shocking but is utterly boring.
Rated 04 Jul 2013
Rated 05 Jan 2013
69
29th
The 'it's so bad it's good!' Argument just doesn't fly with me. Now if the entire movie had been just the dog dung part, I would've given this an A++.
Rated 05 Jan 2013
Rated 16 Dec 2012
70
79th
There is something inherently charming about Waters parade of misfits. It's more awkward than shocking (except for a few particular scenes). With the internet and two girl's one cup available at a moments notice, this movie has lost the power it once held, but I won't hold that against it.
Rated 16 Dec 2012
Rated 16 Oct 2012
70
48th
Rating movies like this is tough. It is absolutely a movie that you will not be able to watch all the way through unless you already have an intense interest in the whole "guerilla film" aesthetic. There is also the idea that regardless of taste, things happen in this movie that will never happen again in any film in history, and, well, isn't that worth something? Up to you I guess.
Rated 16 Oct 2012
Rated 01 Aug 2012
11
0th
Even though this movie is crap, there's no need to eat crap. However, (s)he does in the end. Not nice. At all.
Rated 01 Aug 2012
Rated 25 Jun 2012
88
95th
Excuse me, I'm going to go dip my head in bleach now.
Rated 25 Jun 2012
Rated 08 Jun 2012
15
0th
For this, a chicken got fucked to death? The "filthiest person contest" isn't remotely engaging enough to justify the filth, so I just rolled my eyes more than I cringed or laughed. To John Waters, the worse it gets, the better it gets, and often I can get behind that, just so long as it's not boring, which this seems to me to be. Edith Massey and Divine are fun enough, I guess.
Rated 08 Jun 2012
Rated 12 Apr 2012
3
45th
Pretty audacious, really outrageous, kind of playful, and very funny.
Rated 12 Apr 2012
Rated 18 Dec 2011
89
93rd
A classic for a reason! Some consider this John Waters' magnum opus. I prefer Female Trouble to this film, although Mink Stole and David Lochary are great in this one. Obviously not for the faint of heart or stomach, this movie is disgusting and fabulous.
Rated 18 Dec 2011
Rated 02 Dec 2011
57
14th
#870
Rated 02 Dec 2011
Rated 11 Sep 2011
75
37th
John Waters' "exercise in bad taste" remains pretty startling 40 years on, with some scenes unlikely to be topped in this day and age; you'll never look at chickens or eggs (or a lot of other things) in the same way again. Besides its sheer transgressiveness, it's pretty entertaining as well; Divine is wonderful as "the filthiest person alive." It's heavily flawed: Divine aside, the performances are terrible (albeit enthusiastic), and the editing and directing are pretty crude. But...it's fun.
Rated 11 Sep 2011
Rated 13 Dec 2010
76
86th
There are some great sequences (Divine eating dog shit is magic. and the sequence when she goes shopping and walking down the streets of Boltimore is awesome too). Divine is stunning as usual, Edith Massey is adorable and Mink Stole is fierce and wonderfully evil. David Lochary is disgusting. I hate the animal cruelty, but I guess most of the people still eat chickens anyway so it isn't any different here.
Rated 13 Dec 2010
Rated 27 Nov 2010
40
2nd
If You see it, You won't forget it. I was about to vomit at least six times, but don't get me wrong - it was actually really interesting to see something so... UNREAL.
Rated 27 Nov 2010
Rated 02 Aug 2010
70
42nd
Be prepared to be totally sickened and for plenty of WTF moments. John Waters is a master at taking good taste and rubbing poop all over it. It's so ridiculously crude and outrageous, I'd recommend this to only my weirdest of friends. I personally love it for its campy and deranged allure.
Rated 02 Aug 2010
Rated 23 May 2010
40
6th
O filme mais genialmente asqueroso de todos os tempos.
Rated 23 May 2010
Rated 26 Mar 2010
50
14th
No one is able to forget this movie. It's already something...
Rated 26 Mar 2010
Rated 20 Mar 2010
1
16th
I fully respect Waters' aim here, but it's still not a great deal of fun to watch. I nearly threw up, to be honest.
Rated 20 Mar 2010
Rated 21 Feb 2010
70
56th
Poorly acted and full of grotesque over the top tastelessness. This is John Waters absurd film troll and it works wonderfully.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
Rated 15 Jan 2010
58
16th
846
Rated 15 Jan 2010
Rated 29 May 2009
80
66th
An incredible slice of 70's independent film. A camp classic.
Rated 29 May 2009
Rated 11 May 2009
70
14th
Found this special movie amusing in strange ways.
Rated 11 May 2009
Rated 27 Apr 2009
80
31st
giving it a score of 80 because it accomplishes exactly what john waters set out to accomplish: the creation of an incredibly disgusting movie. also, eggs.
Rated 27 Apr 2009
Rated 20 Apr 2009
74
43rd
Offensive yes, although specimens such as 'Saw' and 'Two girls one cup' have out-offended it for this day and age. Best watched with lots of wine and a group of non-prudish friends. The music is excellent.
Rated 20 Apr 2009
Rated 07 Apr 2009
90
85th
Es hasta el momento la pelicula mas perversa que he visto, el director busca enfermar al espectador mostrar de una manera demasiado exagerada lo que pasaba en su momento, es una pelicula con demasiadas escenas que pueden hacer que dejes de ver esta cinta. Es un reto verla sin que se te revuelva el estomago.
Rated 07 Apr 2009
Rated 15 Feb 2009
64
15th
35 years and the internet may make this less shocking but it's still incredibly disgusting at times. I have to admit I laughed really hard at a lot of it, and the bad acting and general camp wasn't a big problem. Still, a few parts went too far for my tastes and dampened my enjoyment of the rest.
Rated 15 Feb 2009
Rated 20 Jan 2009
50
9th
I have to be honest. As much as I love John Waters films, they take a certain person to enjoy watching. If you are easily disgusted, offended, or shocked, then you want to stay very very very far away from anything he does, particularly Pink Flamingos. Divine was truly one-of-a-kind, and in watching this you can totally find out why. The infamous eating scene is here and it's totally 100% real. It might be badly acted and bad taste, but its a John Waters film and that's how it should be.
Rated 20 Jan 2009
Rated 19 Dec 2008
58
16th
849
Rated 19 Dec 2008
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