ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Larissa Pierry (tangietangerine) This was not my first introduction to John Waters' controversial films. Besides watching his more "clean" works, I had previously watched Pink Flamingos, after a period of gathering courage to do so. I had the expected reaction to it, I was disgusted and shocked as I watched him and his Dreamlanders succeed in the task of making the filthiest film ever. I actually quite enjoyed some of the humour - I recall especially the scene where Divine and Crackers try to contaminate the Marble residence, by spitting and rubbing onto the furniture. I hated the incident involving the chicken, though, but oh well.I thought Female Trouble was going to go the same way as Pink Flamingos, filth-wise, but it doesn't (almost), and I think this is John Waters' best film featuring Divine & co. It made me appreciate and understand more the purpose behind it all. If one watches Pink Flamingos without any previous knowledge of the type of movie it is, and what it stands for, one will be simply shocked and tend to never want to hear about it again (although it will forever be marked in one's mind's eye). Watching Female Trouble, I was able to come to terms with the nonsense jokes and the visual glorification of the grotesque. To me, it doesn't just serve as a comedic vehicle, it's also a genius way to defy society and whatever it's thought to be morally acceptable - for all we know, "cleanliness is next to godliness".And can any film be more subversive and profane in its ideology and ironic portrait of human beings? One of the most iconic quotes is Edith Massey's: "I worry that you'll work in an office, have children, celebrate wedding anniversaries. The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life!". Needless to say Divine is absolutely wonderful in this, the rise and fall of a once typical troubled teenager who ends up getting caught in the twisted desires of others, ending up in a sort of maniac narcissistic frenzy. And questions such as the cult of image, beauty and fame at all costs are all presented to us in a hilarious way.Anyway, I'm glad I got to discover this different kind of filmmaking, which is often dismissed for its graphic content, rather than being taken lightly as an interesting critique of American society and a fine exercise of trashy/nonsense humour.

johnstonjames sinfully hilarious, but ultimately totally revolting. as one critic put it, "isn't there a law or something?". i don't think this film actually violated any laws, at least i don't think, most everything was faked here. unlike 'Pink Flamingos'. now i'm sure 'Flamingos' violated some law or another.if you watched this movie you really should face up to the fact that you have a problem. and it's a deviant one. no. ha ha. you probably need help. therapy. i thought this movie was pretty funny too, but it goes way too far in pushing the limits. morbid curiosity isn't everything. didn't curiosity kill a cat or something? at least in this case, turn it's stomach.i like John Waters very much. but he's like Jeckle and Hyde. part sweet, knowing sensitivity, and part demon from the bowels of hell. i think i prefer the sweet side of John better than the other.look. i laughed. God forgive me. but i'm not sure this kind of thing is worth a few laughs. it feels unsanitary. yes there are actually many sophisticated lines of dialog and many real (too real) insights into American society and our troubled times, but still at what cost. this film really does lower the bar in terms of taste. it also makes us too tolerant of deviancy. this movie almost pushes the self righteous, moralizing vigilante in me out to the surface. not a pretty way to feel.i dunno kiddies. trust papa. you're playing with fire here with this stuff. aren't there supposed to be permission slips for this sort of thing? there should be. i don't care what your age.if you want to do this i personally would advise against it, but i doubt i could stop any of you from watching this sort of thing. i guess it's alright. there's worse things out there and it's only a simulated snuff flick. it's alright to do this i suppose if you go to Church, or say a few "hail Mary"s or go seek therapy afterwards. yikes.i didn't know how to number rate this so i just rate it one colossal headache and a pain in the butt.

Michael_Elliott Female Trouble (1974) ** (out of 4) Divine plays a schoolgirl who runs away from home, gets pregnant and then hits the hard life. Soon she meets a strange couple who talks her into a life a crime so they can capture her true beauty. It's really hard to judge this early Waters' films because they are technically horrid with awful performances yet that's their charm. The charm also comes from Waters trying to be as disgusting as possible and he does that here up to a point. If you are easily offended then you'd be best to skip this film as we see rape, crap stained underwear, a father trying to rape his daughter, child abuse, Edith Massey naked and a lot worse. I'm not sure I'll ever get the image of Massey naked out of my head and frankly, that scares me. I laughed a lot during the film but it eventually ran out of steam towards the end and I grew very tired. Some of the dialogue is very funny especially the stuff with Massey trying to talk her nephew into becoming gay because she feels gay people are better.

lastliberal I am at a complete loss to understand why this film was not nominated for an Oscar for costuming, makeup and set decoration. It had the most outrageous costuming that I have ever seen. The sets were so hideous that they made me nauseous. The makeup was beyond belief.That was the good things about the film that featured an outrageous star in Divine, a transvestite that played Dawn Davenport. He was so over the top that I couldn't take my eyes off the screen.This is the first John Waters (Hairspray, Pecker) film that I have seen. He is definitely on the cutting edge in outrageous humor, horror, and satire.This film on the outrageous cult of celebrity is no more outrageous than the current obsession in the media with Paris Hilton.If you haven't seen a John Waters film, check out the Sundance Channel for this one.