Are you ready for a movie that puts filth right where it belongs? Then get ready to laugh with A Dirty Shame--the latest raunchy riot from director John Waters (Hairspray). When a concussion awakens the carnal urges of Sylvia (Tracey Ullman), the people of Pinewood become pitted against each other in a battle of decency versus depravity. Mink Stole, Chris Isaak, Patricia Hearst, Johnny Knoxville star.
Sylvia Stickles's (Tracey Ullman) Baltimore neighborhood is becoming overrun with perverts, and she is very concerned. But that changes when Sylvia gets in a car accident, receiving a hard blow to the head that leaves her sexually voracious. Luckily, she gets a quick fix from Ray Ray (Johnny Knoxville), a tow-truck driver whom she soon discovers to be a high priest of sexual perversion. In the midst of searching indiscriminately for satisfaction and finally relating to her overly buxom, exhibitionist teenage daughter, Clarice (Selma Blair), Sylvia finds herself on the opposite side of a war for decency being waged by the neighborhood "neuters," in which every sexual encounter is an act of revolution!
Nearly 35 years from the revolutionary PINK FLAMINGOS, John Waters proves that, even after showing his gentler side (HAIRSPRAY, CRY-BABY), he's not getting soft in his old age. Once again proving his gift for inspired casting--Chris Isaak plays Sylvia's husband and Suzanne Shepherd plays her mother--he creates a virtual comedic catalogue of strange sexual practices sure to please longtime fans and win over the uninitiated. While Waters is no-doubt pleased to have earned a taboo NC-17 rating (mostly for language), he also presents some good-natured fun in the midst of the pervasive perversity.
THEATRICAL RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2004 (LIMITED)
Dirty Shame Reviews:
"Waters' most extreme film since Odorama opus POLYESTER."
-- Michael Brooke, Sight and Sound
"You've got to appreciate John Waters' revelry in the trashily outrageous."
-- Movieline Critic, Movieline's Hollywood Life
"[A]ll manner of over-the-top hilarity is unleashed..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere
"[W]icked, kinky fun....The Waters spirit stays consistently and sweetly twisted."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"This raucously gritty and high-spirited film could scarcely be bluer in terms of the language, but from Waters it comes as a gust of fresh air."-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)
Not his best, but far from Cecil. Easily his best in a long while. It's not Female trouble, but it connects with the era nicely. Not watered down like, say Serial Mom or Cry-Baby. And a long way from the disaster that was his last film. Submitted by elmerfishpaw (W-S,NC) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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Are you ready for a movie that puts filth right where it belongs? Then get ready to laugh with A Dirty Shame--the latest raunchy riot from director John Waters (Hairspray). When a concussion awakens the carnal urges of Sylvia (Tracey Ullman), the people of Pinewood become pitted against each other in a battle of decency versus depravity.
Source: Warner Home Video
Region [unknown] Keep Case Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1 English Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0 Additional Release Material: Documentary: "All the Dirt on A Dirty Shame" Audio Commentary: Feature Commentary with John Waters Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
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