Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I'm a student of film, I've seen well over 1,000 70s films and many of Waters' films, so I get why this is loved. But let's be honest, moving past the cult features of the movie, it's really awful in just about every way. This may have played well when I was a 20 year old in my college suite, but for anyone else, this movie borders on unwatchable. Of course it's depraved, etc. that's the whole point of all these movies. 40+ years ago it may have been shocking, in 2017 it's just silly.

I'm asking myself why I'm writing a review about this masterpiece of all times. What else can be said about Female trouble? I pride myself on being a Dreamland hard core fan, but I feel dull right now because I cannot express in the right way what I think and feel about this movie. Let's say it was a revelation to me, something that can never wear out. I watched this movie many, many many times and it's always like I'm watching it for the first time. Shall I say it's funny, hilarious, meaningful, what else? It's all that and much more. It's more than a movie, a way of life, something that can change your life for ever. If you are feeling depressed watch it and your life will get a new focus. To cut short on a long story, this picture has became a part of my life, something that it's not likely to happen all the time.

One of John Waters' very best films from his earlier years is the cult classic, "Female Trouble". It stars the hefty transvestite Divine as juvenile delinquent later turned high profile criminal Dawn Davenport. This film has it all and it is guaranteed to offend. Edith Massey puts on a great performance as Aunt Ida delivering such classic lines as "I worry that you'll work in an office, have children, celebrate wedding anniversaries...the world of a heterosexual is a sick and boring life!". Some classic scenes from this movie include Dawn toppling the Christmas Tree on top of her mother, the infamous scene where Divine gives birth to baby Taffy (she chews off the umbilical cord and spits it on the wall!) and the even more infamous scene where Divine (in drag) has sex with Divine (out of drag...complete with "skid marks" in his underwear!)...and this is just scratching the surface of the outrageous scenes in "Female Trouble".

In 1974, John Waters created his masterpiece entitled, "Female Trouble," a film that began to show the deep and very dark Baltimore humour he uses today. The movie's basic message is: Crime is beauty, showing the hysteria of at first, a teenage Dawn (played by Drag-queen Dreamlander Divine) to a vicious and violent criminal only to be betrayed by her partners in crime and later, being executed in the electric chair. Gore is included, even a scene of an obese woman getting her hand chopped off as well as a scene of mutilation of Divine's "perfect face." A highly recommended film, not as explicit as Pink Flamginos but with much more quality. If you loved Pink Flamingos, you're in for a hilarious and bizarre oddity.