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Divine (Actor), David Lochary (Actor), John Waters (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey
  • Directors: John Waters
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 23 July 2007
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000RL1Z38
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,305 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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John Waters expands the definition of female trouble in this mutant tribute to good-girl-gone-bad drive-in melodramas. The girl is, of course, cross-dressing cult icon Divine, Waters's plus-sized muse. Divine is at her most gleefully outrageous as teenage brat Dawn Davenport, who runs away from home and into a life of wanton hedonism all because she didn't get cha-cha heels for Christmas. Almost immediately she's molested by a sleazy motorcycle thug (also played by Divine--is this Waters's idea of "love thyself"?), but she doesn't let motherhood interfere with her plans of stardom and turns herself into an unlikely fashion statement in an apocalyptic fashion show. Waters's fourth feature, a follow-up to the midnight movie hit Pink Flamingos, is just as cinematically primitive and even more gleefully vulgar, right down to the electric climax of Dawn's road to everlasting fame. --Sean Axmaker

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5.0 out of 5 starsamaZing comedy from -john waters(god i love him)
By S. J. Pinder on 13 May 2008
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his films are LEGendary...but out of all that i have seen this one seems to stand out the most...and is one of the most hilarious comedies that i have ever seen!!
DIVINE is fantastic in every scene he's in...he will be missed.
it is occasionally vulgar but all for good measure and although gross out it has a hard impact that makes you feel for the characters...and what characters they are:P aunt ida is scene stealing.
its basically a really dirty carry on movie...only far classier...and arguably more enjoyable...may offend some people(ie south park before south park)a genuinely great film from the pope of trash(but its so much more than that)john waters has to be one of my favourite directors due to him taking the fun out of everyday life and pushes the humor off the boundaries(thank god he did)his best film to date along with the classy serial mom,and who doesn't love hairspray(1988(the real one)):):)
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5.0 out of 5 starsDivine: a muse like no other
By schumann_bg TOP 50 REVIEWER on 5 Aug. 2013
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A superb showcase for Divine, Female Trouble is John Waters at his most abrasive and funny. In comparison with many films of this period, it is surprising how little it has dated, indeed much of it is prescient of certain social trends that have become more apparent since: the celebrity culture, getting attention at all costs, vulgarity run rampant. But the tone is not simply critical, as it relishes much of what it shows as it parodies it; it is about the anarchic power of trash and bad taste. Several of the secondary characters are brilliant in this regard - Aunt Ida (Edith Massey) in her fetish gear looking quite grotesque, but what a wonderful performance it is! And a neat inversion of conventional morality when she says she doesn't want her son Gater to be in the boring twilight world of the heterosexual, and sets him up with gay dates, when he is totally straight. He immediately falls into the arms of Dawn Davenport, who would be more than anyone could handle. It seems he finds her completely irresistible, although the effect wears off after about two minutes of screen time. Described at one point as particularly cheap in a transparent chiffon number in bright, voluminous orange (featured on the box), Dawn is a one-off with her big hair, overdone make-up and dulcet tones that easily become fierce, but always veiled, at least until she becomes completely unhinged. Her look likewise gets more and more extreme, particularly after she gets badly disfigured. The parody of the `caring mother' is scabrously funny and in very bad taste as she tells her daughter she is simply a `retarded brat', and there are moments of genuine shock. However this is all part of the effect; you are made to react in all kinds of ways, and have your sensibilities assaulted - Divine shaking it up and shooting up in all senses. The fact that it retains its power to outrage the viewer is salutary, I think, suggesting that all is not lost!
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5.0 out of 5 starsBend and Flush
By Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 12 Dec. 2011
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Takes the righteous god foresaken "right"; those who believe themselves to be "chosen". During this delusion they choose the big beardie non existent over their own children.

John Waters appears to see the seams, like no other, so he rips it all apart. by doing so he shows us the social pretension of manners with the gusto of 4 year old unwrapping Xmas paper, discovered in the wardrobe, two days before the 25th. John just plies away at the trimmings, peers into the box and then gleefully shows us the dirty underwear of life, detailing the big picture of trash aberration.

Divine excels within this tableau, as the self important mother who preys upon her precocious daughter in her will to power- the pushy mother. The sex scenes are done in full barphilia, as the "father," is a no good piece of trash with a rape complex. John does not spare the sacred.

This takes a blunderbuss to traditional American family values and lets the pepper shot spray across the screen in fine pin pricks.

A briliant cartoon portrayal of everything held dear, tender and sacred, as he parodies the later versions of Oprah, Kyle, Trisha, as toy dreams of TV success. Here he x rays the desire to be "someone" entails stepping on everyone else who is in the way. Bullying those deemed weaker also entails supplicating the self in front of those deemed more important to get the opportunity to climb to the top. John squeezes the last rancid drops from his "Carry on digging into the dirt" crew.

In and out groups, the desire to escape tedium at any cost, all get the Waters glare, and this is cynicallly funny when you finally get the joke, and who it is aimed at.

Watch, fry and sizzle.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSick but very funny
By Get Real VINE VOICE on 13 July 2007
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Follow Dawn Davenports twisted but very funny life as she heads to the grande finale, the electric chair! John Waters early movie's are not really for the faint hearted, so avoid if your stuck watching "Friends" and "Big brother". If you love independant movies, and like something that is very different, and your have a slightly sick sense of humour, watch this movie! You won't regret it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWaters' Best
By Agent Cooper on 17 Mar. 2010
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What can i say. I have only recently discovered John Waters' early films and have proceeded to watching the lot. I can safely say that Female Trouble is the best by far! The amount of trash surpasses any of his other work, yes even Pink Flamingos! I admit that maybe it's not as repelling, but it is filthy, disgusting and outrageously stupid, in its own genius way. I am an avid film buff, i own, collect and in my life have watched thousands of films, from Disney to deranged. I can safely say that no one has ever pushed the boundaries of filthy, outrageous comedy, more than John Waters has and this film, for me is the best example of why Waters was called 'the Pope of Trash'.
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The best of Divines films, had this on vhs many moons ago. Laugh out loud garbage. Worth a look if you've not seen it before, you won't be disappointed. Read more

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