Waters works best with some restrictions on his license. He's much better as a subversive than he is an anarchist.
Pink Flamingos
An exercise in poor taste
1972 · 1h 33m · NC-17
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
John Waters
Overview
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
I am not giving a star rating to Pink Flamingos, because stars simply seem not to apply. It should be considered not as a film but as a fact, or perhaps as an object.
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