Female Trouble (1974)

Female Trouble: Directed by John Waters. With Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole. A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

“God bless John Waters. Heu0026#39;s made some of the best, crudest feel-good movies, and this is one of his crowning achievements. Itu0026#39;s amazing how his film, ugly-looking and full of lipstick-smeared freaks, can feel positive and upbeat; while heu0026#39;s mocking everything in sight, he doesnu0026#39;t stand back and protect himself with irony or winks — he jumps right in there, and that involvement, that energy, is easy to see and feel. Itu0026#39;s amazing that he can feature masturbation with needle-nose pliers, beating a child with a chair, a game of u0026quot;car accident,u0026quot; and Divine literally screwing himself and not have it be off-putting. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe very idea that Waters uses a fat transvestite with a beehive hairdo to illustrate his scorn for school shows heu0026#39;s not so interested in subtlety. And Divine is awesome, as always, his prissy, gravely scream — a freak you want on your side. This is one of Watersu0026#39; best satirical attempts — there are digs at hippies and Hare Krishnas, and two scenes in particular are very prophetic: the gay encouraging, and the killing for art. Waters even mocks his own shameless exhibitionism in the testimony of the Dashers. 9/10”