A feminist treatise and a crime yarn and a Christmas movie and a John Waters film? Yes, it’s everything we always wanted all in one untidy package. Divine’s troubled teen goes astray, gives birth, goes mad, goes showbiz, and gets the chair. Even with all that, Waters regular Mink Stole nearly steals every scene she’s in. -Lee Gardner
1974 John Waters 1.66:1 Color DCP 89 min.
