The comedy is frantic and tasteless in the usual Waters mode, but it takes telling potshots at the Hollywood establishment, which isn't nearly so open about the tackiness of its products.
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's Waters' way of saying: It's only a movie.
70
Film.comRobert Horton
Film.comRobert Horton
A small, scruffy, but agreeably energized comedy.
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Funnier than "Pecker" but a far cry from the best of Waters's Divine movies.
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Neither Waters' funniest film nor, by a long chalk, his most radical. But it is, as promised, a passing of the torch and an article of suitably perverse faith in the next generation of nutso cinéastes.
Consistently amusing and smart in its choice of targets, but it lacks the manic edge of some of Waters' earlier movies.
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Weighed down by the presence of Griffith. She plays her satiric part without much gusto or conviction - as if she were afraid we might believe she really is Honey.