Pink Flamingos (1972)

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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)

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Directed By: John Waters

Written By: John Waters

Starring: Mink Stole, Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, David Lochary, Cookie Mueller, Pat Moran, Susan Walsh, Channing Wilroy, Paul Swift, Linda Olgeirson, Danny Mills

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Country: USA

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8. National Film Registry (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)

9. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)

10. Passed the Bechdel Test (collaborative: moderated by geohawk - 29 stars)

11. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)

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21. The Village Voice: 150 Groundbreaking Films (public: kevinjoseph - 9 stars)

22. Male Frontal Nudity (collaborative: moderated by bobyang - 7 stars)

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Stars	User	Rating
8	gork	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.
5	Shmendrek	4 _83rd
Oh Jesus Christ. How delightfully trashy. This is like all of the worst parts of the internet before there was internet.
5	Judge Holden	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.
5	Gnalkhere	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.
3	Travisbickle	30 _2nd
Shock factor doesnt make up for the poor script and shoddy acting.
3	Dorkovsky	9 _96th
Easily Waters' worst movie, filled with ugly, horrible, despicable characters doing even worse things. I loved it.
3	coffee	10 _0th
No need to try to be a weirdo.. This is a stupid and disgusting movie.
3	BillyShears	75 _65th
I laughed, I cried, I hurled.
3	backwardsuit	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.
2	Moribunny	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.
2	Suture Self	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"
2	drortiz3	40 _3rd
I hate John Waters.
2	loc42	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.
2	bakcheia	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.
2	Paxton	48 _17th
Uhhhh. I don't know if I was too young when I saw this...or too old.
2	deep_green	80 _86th
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.
1	vincente	76 _61st
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1	MartinTeller	65 _26th
Certainly the most memorable and well-known of Waters' pre-mainstream films. Sometimes funny, sometimes boring. Mostly boring, sadly.
1	svicciarelli	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.
1	TheDenizen	50 _26th
BOOORRRRRING. Handful of decently shocking moments, interspersed among long scenes of horribly acted nothing happening.
1	krmr	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.
1	TheDiceman	30 _9th
Silly.
1	HunterKing	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
1	ackleykid911	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..
1	twincinema	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.
1	Stain	100 _95th
Hilarious and disgusting at the same time
1	Spunkie	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.
1	syvyys	65 _16th
yeah... i guess... you know... i enjoyed it... at times?
1	roujin	0 _0th
Kill Everyone Now! Yes! That includes everyone involved with the making of this "film."
1	amerigo	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.
1	Dean Franz	90 _89th
Tasteless, crude, nauseating, amateurish piece of trash. I should also mention that it's brilliant.
1	Stradivarius	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.
1	Henrik	65 _46th
Really unrateable.
1	mangoluver4u	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!
1	metz	70 _88th
I guess there are just two kinds of people: those who love this movie and assholes.
1	redacted	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.
1	urim666	0 _0th
nnnooooooo!!!!!
1	Luk92	80 _76th
A movie for the whole family!
1	NathanBates	20 _0th
The soundtrack was pretty good. The rest of the movie makes me question my commitment to free speech.

Average Percentile 48.1% from 1241 Ratings