Female Trouble (1975)

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (4) | DVD (10)

One of John Waters' best and most notorious movies.

April 18, 2002 Full Review | Comment

Gary Dowell

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

How does one follow up a legendary affront to decency? In John Waters' case, he moved on.

August 13, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

There's nothing divine about this earthly piece of trash.

February 3, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Combined with...Waters' own private peculiarities, Female Trouble stands along side Pink Flamingos as a sure sign of this director's depth and talent.

August 22, 2005 Full Review | Comment

Bill Gibron

DVD Verdict

For John Waters purists, this will be upheld as the real thing, but for most others, the licentious social commentary will only disgust or shock.

February 21, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Greg Muskewitz

eFilmCritic.com

best seen as an early stab at satirizing the media and the overwhelming hype that is lavished on high-profile criminals

September 15, 2002 Comment

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Best seen in small doses. Waters at his most outrageous

August 21, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

• 1. Dawn's Mother: Not on Christmas!
  – Submitted by Sylvester K (3 months ago)
• 1. Dawn Davenport: Thank you! I love you! Thank you! Thank you from the bottom of my black little heart! You came here for some excitement tonight and that's just what you're going to get! Take a good look at ME because I'm going to be on the front of every newspaper in this country tomorrow! You're looking at crime personified AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT! I framed Leslie Bacon! I called the heroin hot line on Abby Hoffman! I bought the gun that Bremmer used to shoot Wallace! I had an affair with Juan Corona! I blew Richard Speck! And I'm so fucking beautiful I can't stand it myself! Now, everybody freeze! Who wants to be famous? Who wants to DIE for art?
  – Submitted by Sylvester K (3 months ago)
• 1. Taffy Davenport: Why can't I go to school? Why can't I have friends?
  2. Dawn Davenport: You can't go to school because I said so. I won't have you nagging me for lunch money and whining for help on your homework. There is no need to know about presidents, wars, numbers or science. Just listen to me and you'll learn. And no little friends over here, repeating rhymes, asking flippant questions, and talking in those nagging baby voices. Can't you just sit here and look out into the air? Isn't that enough? Do you always have to badger me for attention?
  – Submitted by Sylvester K (3 months ago)
• 1. Dawn Davenport: Davenport. Dawn Davenport! I'm a thief and a shitkicker, and, uh, I'd like to be famous.
  – Submitted by Sylvester K (3 months ago)
• 1. Dawn Davenport: Look at you, I could vomit.
  2. Donald Dasher: THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF BEAUTY!
  – Submitted by Sylvester K (3 months ago)