Polyester (1981)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 16 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 86 mins
Synopsis:
Francine Fishpaw (Divine) is a troubled housewife trapped in suburban Baltimore. Her household is a disaster--her husband is the philandering proprietor of a sleazy movie theater, her daughter performs lewd dances in her high school cafeteria for money, her son is a predatory foot... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Divine, Edith Massey, Tab Hunter, Mink Stole, David Samson
Director: John Waters
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02/09/06 03:16 AM
Polyester may be one of the few times when Waters tried to expand his cinematic language at the expense of his usual verbal variety
08/22/05 09:46 AM
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08/30/04 10:16 PM
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03/10/03 08:09 AM
He makes you endure the grossest of the gross and you still laugh through the whole thing
09/15/02 08:03 AM
A low-rent version of a Douglas Sirk 1950s soaper, with Divine being dragged through all the paces that might have been the lot of a glossy star of the era.
08/21/02 01:15 PM
Waters' humor might be as broad as possible in Polyester, but it's also astute enough here to be funny from moment to moment.
07/05/02 09:46 AM
Tab Hunter (Grease 2) earns praise for playing the dreamboat with such sincerity, and also for kissing Divine full on the lips. You don’t win Oscars doing stuff like that.
10/22/01 02:57 PM
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This movie is hilarious!
by: BooBerry 9/5/04
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