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Polyester

R
Movie
1981
1h 26m
English
Comedy, Drama
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.2
IMDB
Polyester (1981) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
83

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Divine
Francine Fishpaw
Tab Hunter
Todd Tomorrow
Edith Massey
Cuddles Kovinsky
David Samson
Elmer Fishpaw
Mary Garlington
Lu-Lu Fishpaw
Ken King
Dexter Fishpaw
Mink Stole
Sandra Sullivan
Stiv Bators
Bo-Bo Belsinger
Rick Breitenfeld
Dr. Arnold Quackenshaw
Michael Watson
Freddy Ashton
Jean Hill
Gospel Bus Hijacker
Jim Hill
Picket Reporter
Cookie Mueller
Betty Lalinski
Marina Melin
Supermarket Victim
Susan Lowe
Mall Victim
Tom Diventi
Bo-Bo's Friend
George Hulse
School Principal
Tony Parkham
Teenage Witness
Keats Smith
Boutique Saleslady
Directed By: John Waters
Written By: John Waters (Screenplay)

Featured Comments/Tips

Lee Brown Barrow says...
4 years ago
Often very funny. this is a one of a kind movie that will make you fall in love with John Waters. Not as mainstream as his later works and not as bizarre as his earlier films, this sits nicely in between them.
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KariBear says...
10 years ago
Definitely a cult film - a strange kind of entertaining? (Brought here from Sharon Needles #mcm on Dexter Fishpaw).
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Featured User Reviews

CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Remember the sensation that was "Smellyvision"? Well armed with a card which had ten different smells concealed under some silver foil spots, we set off to watch the escapades of the "Fishpaw" family. Divine is on good form as "Francine", the much put upon wife of serial womaniser "Elmer" (David Sam More
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