Female Trouble

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Female Trouble

NC-17

1975

1h 35m

Comedy

Drama

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An obese woman (Divine) gives birth to an obnoxious child and embarks upon a bizarre and violent life of crime.

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Director John Waters' affection for camp brings texture to societal transgression in Female Trouble, a brazenly subversive dive into celebrity and mayhem.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Dec 17, 2018

The resulting feast of sex, violence, cruelty, and frivolity mocks sentimental notions of family, work, and love, and turns the egomaniacal furies of pop culture inside out.

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Gary Dowell

Dallas Morning News

Apr 18, 2002

B-

One of John Waters' best and most notorious movies.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Apr 29, 2025

There’s no polish to this production, which is part of its charm, but there is passion and sheer creative energy.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Jan 2, 2024

Probably the best of Waters' early "underground" features, even if it's a tad less famous than the preceding Pink Flamingos.

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Kyndall Cunningham

The Daily Beast

Dec 5, 2022

Observing Waters’ comedic genius always feels like a present to me.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Jul 25, 2022

4.5/5

John Waters' trashterpiece is just as hilarious today as it was almost 50 years ago. Just bring your pearls with you in case you need to clutch them.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 26, 2026

Female Trouble = a 4.5 star Movie!

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Jasmine W

@jasniquejewels Aug 31, 2026

Dawn Davenport As Mother she was so pre-joker in this. Ursula wishes she could serve that good. I enjoyed watching this one genuinely so funny john waters i love whatever’s wrong with you. so quotable, crazy, and camp.

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Bobby V

@RT76929941 Jul 19, 2026

This movie was my first John Waters film. Most certainly the trashiest most awfully fabulous movie I've ever seen. I am an instant fan! I would love to meet him and pick his brain. It's a shame Devine is dead.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 25, 2025

Ages 18 and older only.

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Nick O

@Nicki1985 May 24, 2025

If you didn't get enough Divine in Pink Flamingos, this should quench your filthy thirst. She's bigger, badder and on a whole new level of psychosis. This time the girl CAN help it, she just don't care!

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Teddy B

@RT38636458 Jan 18, 2025

John Water's tight writing and Divine's sophisticated yet vile performance make this film another extremely memorable and shocking cult classic.

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Synopsis

An obese woman (Divine) gives birth to an obnoxious child and embarks upon a bizarre and violent life of crime.

Director: John Waters
Producer: John Waters
Distributor: Wizard Video
Production Co: Dreamland
Rating: NC-17
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2014
Runtime: 1h 35m

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