Female Trouble (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

This is my favorite John Waters movie. It is tasteless and endlessly quotable. It also has moments where its social commentary is still scarily accurate. I will never get tired of “Female Trouble” despite having seen it repeatedly for the last 25 years. I have owned this movie in other formats, but in the Criterion Collection edition, the colors really pop and the image is clearer and sharper than I’ve ever seen it...too clear maybe? LOL This disc is loaded with special features, including interviews both old and new which are both amusing and enlightening. I enjoyed the special features almost as much as I enjoyed the movie itself. This makes a nice companion disc to Criterion’s excellent release of “Multiple Maniacs”. Here’s hoping they can soon give us “Pink Flamingos”, “Desperate Living”, “Polyester”, “Serial Mom”, “Cry Baby” and “Pecker”. I’m not sure “Hairspray” needs the Criterion treatment, so I left that out. John Waters’ fans, what are you waiting for? Buy this now.

For the ultimate John Waters experience, Female Trouble can't be beat. It's an unpolished mess, but a fabulous one. Waters managed to deliver a razor sharp satire of the American Dream by making the main character a vile, selfish juvenile delinquent named Dawn Davenport (played to perfection by Divine) who abuses her parents, runs away from home and gets knocked up by a stranger, all within about the first 15 minutes. She then lives a trashy (but very American) life, taking taboo jobs and engaging in criminal activity while being the worst kind of single mother to her neglected daughter Taffy (played unhinged by Mink Stole). What follows is her descent into crime and insanity as she becomes obsessed with achieving fame. This movie views life through a queer lens and skewers so much about heteronormative society: suburban families, notions of beauty, achieving the American Dream, and our obsession with fame. It can be a rough watch due to its micro budget and some of Waters' directorial choices, but the genius of the concepts, the plot, the dialogue and the satire overcome the movie's few deficiencies to deliver a stone cold queer classic that appeals not only to queer people but anyone who has pursued the American Dream, only to queston what the hell they were thinking.

What a great finds, i was so happy to watch it!

Beautiful Hi-Def version of this much beloved cult classic from director John Waters. An amazing Blu-Ray, & must have for any fan of John Waters & The Dreamlander's. I do wish he did an updated commenrary track as the one here is taken from the 2004 DVD release, but that's ok. There is a wonderful sit down interview he does with Hillary, the little girl who played, "Little Taffy" in the film. She's the daughter who likes to jump rope 8n 5he house! There are some other great features, too. Watch the Screen Saver before hitting the PLAY button to see some cool "pre-clap-stick" foorage.

fun, great supplements, looks the best this movie will get

I don't know what's going on at Criterion headquarters because first they gave us Multiple Maniacs, and I thought it would be a one-off, but now they go and do Female Trouble, my all-time favorite John Waters movie along with Serial Mom. Let's be honest and admit that we'd have never thought for one second that a renowned studio like Criterion would tackle Water movies because while having tons of merit, they are quite extreme and it's a fantastic gift that they regard them as highly as mainstream-regarded classics. The extras are fantastic, you get to see interview with almost all of the cast and crew! I really wish that we'd still get the cardboard packaging instead of boring plastic ones though. Now, give us Serial Mom, Soapdish and Clueless and I can die in peace.

My favorite John Waters and Divine film “Female Trouble,” finally gets a proper Blu-ray release from The Criterion Collection.. A beautiful quality print of the film, plus some wonderful extras. A Highly recommended Midnight movie!

The definitive version of John Waters masterpiece. What can I say the has not already been written? Also, Divine's greatest performance. Outrageous, hilarious and endlessly quotable. The Criterion supplements are a joy.

Brought this and when it arrived it was pre-owned which was not stated anywhere… seriously pathetic

Wickedly witty, endlessly quotable with a prescient message about fame/celebrity culture, this new Criterion release of John Waters’ FEMALE TROUBLE is the only one to own, so donate your old DVDs to the less fortunate. After all, they need some depravity in their lives too! The remastering looks fantastic; the colors on Vincent Peranio’s sets and Van Smith’s costumes just pop! But the Bonus Features are what make this a must-have. Over two hours’ worth not counting the commentary. There are new/recent interviews with John, Hilary Taylor (young Taffy) and some that were lifted from the 2013 I AM DIVINE documentary. What’s great about these is how there is no phony Hollywood BS about John or any of these people. They just tell it like it is with no hidden agenda or fake PR personas to uphold. There’s also some new tidbits in these instead of the same old stories we die-hard Dreamland fans have heard over and over. But the archival material is the stuff we fans want and this set delivers in spades. There are plenty of outtakes and deleted scenes but most of them are in black-and-white since John admits he was too cheap to use color film for the work prints. We see a deleted scene in the Davenport kitchen on Xmas Eve after Dawn’s expelled from school—fascinating stuff! Lots of color stills and behind-the-scenes color photos never seen before too. There’s a 1975 roundtable interview filmed at Andy Warhol’s Factory and while the video quality isn’t the best, it’s great *and bittersweet* to see John, Divine, Mink Stole and David Lochary all together in such a setting. They discuss the (then) recent release of the film and everyone chain smokes incessantly—except Divine—who sits there in half-drag with full makeup and a headscarf that makes him look like a plus-sized Little Edie (Beale of GREY GARDENS). Mink looks absolutely striking and David’s hair looks normal! The filming continues even as they are leaving and putting on their coats and scarves and you see Divine admiring some tchotchke “Ooh, that’s nice” and somebody in the background yells “Don’t take anything!”. If you are a John Waters/Divine fan, this is a no-brainer. I would have paid over $100 for this!

Llego antes de los esperando y en excelentes condiciones. Es una excelente compra.

A great version, nicely transferred. Dawn Davenport has never looked so good.

John Waters and Divine at their finest. So happy to have this released through Criterion. So hilariously distasteful. A gem!