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When prissy, prickly Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman) suffers a head injury during a traffic altercation, she's, er, revived by self-appointed sexual missionary Ray-Ray Perkins (Johnny Knoxville) and is transformed into an insatiable, take-no-prisoners sex maniac. Yes, it's a John Waters film. Yes, it's filthy. No, it's not as hilarious and sustained as you'd like it to be. It works for a while, though: Ullman, never a stingy comedienne, does everything Waters dares her to do without hesitation; words cannot describe the perversely sporting delight with which she mounts a water bottle during a round of "The Hokey Pokey" at an old folks' home. And there's some fun to be had when Sylvia's emancipation leads her Baltimore 'burb to new heights of ecstasy, freeing her large-breasted daughter Caprice (Selma Blair) while horrifying husband Vaughn (Chris Isaak) and her hardline mother Big Ethel (Suzanne Shepherd, hysterical) in the process. It's also packed with the standard cameos, the most satisfying of which is good old Patty Hearst at a Sex Addicts Anonymous encounter. But, for all the nasty, necessary glee, the movie feels inescapably been-there-done-that, and you can't help but wish this was 1972 and Divine was on hand to prowl for dog droppings. The most shocking thing about A Dirty Shame is how desperate and tiresome its anarchy becomes. --Steve Wiecking, Amazon.com
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
what a waste,
By rickwill47 "grumpy old man" (Denton; Manchester.uk) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Dirty Shame [DVD] (DVD)
this film is a satire on american values ,and sadly just comes across as a load of daft and unfathonable spliced shorts. thank the powers that be for tracey ullman and the other main players without whom this film would be for the bin!
rickwill
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
John Waters At His Greatest,
By wayne (manchester UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Dirty Shame [DVD] (DVD)
Ok - so this is typical John Waters circa 1975 had he won the (then) equivalent of the lottery. Bigger budget version of "Polyester" complete with all the usual JW trappings (late 1950's - early 1960's songs, unlikely castings etc.) Storyline a little weak and distinct lack of iconic lines, but some worthwhile cinema moments (Tracey Ullman dancing under newly-acquired sexual prowerness in old folks home is excellent ) - I am sorely missing a cameo by the late-Divine and the late (r) Cookie Mueller would have been superbly cast as Ray Ray's PR, but a decent array of modern-day "also-rans'" make for an appropriate JW movie. I will watch this again and again and it is well worth adding to your collection if you are that way inclined. My only other gripe is that Chris Isaac fails to get his kit off but perhaps the budget didn't stretch that far !
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Match Made in Hell,
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This review is from: A Dirty Shame [DVD] (DVD)
Tracey Ullman and John Waters - a match made in Hell - and the human race is all the better for it.
By mistake, I ordered this film twice from two different suppliers so I had to watch it twice - and it was worth every 180 minutes spent of the 7,200,000 minutes left in my life approximately. To some extent, this is a play it by numbers John Waters movie revamping all his major themes from his previous movies - but the gaps between John Waters movies are so great, it's just good to see him get back in harness again - and Tracey Ullman carries the whole show magnificently. Towards the end, it loses its dramatic discipline a little so it gets a four-star response instead of five - well worth a few bob however - go for it.
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