Francine Fishpaw is an upper middle class suburban housewife in Baltimore. Unfortunately, the money to support her lifestyle comes from her husband's porno theater, the neighbors are protesting, her son is a "stomper", her daughter is knocked up by a local hoodlum, and her husband is having an affair.... (Full plot summary below)
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Francine Fishpaw is an upper middle class suburban housewife in Baltimore. Unfortunately, the money to support her lifestyle comes from her husband's porno theater, the neighbors are protesting, her son is a "stomper", her daughter is knocked up by a local hoodlum, and her husband is having an affair.
Leave your thoughts about Polyester.
| Electric SheepMark StaffordPolyester is definitely one of Waters's best films, and I highly recommend attending an 'Odorama' screening for a unique night at the movies. |
| DVD VerdictBill GibronPolyester may be one of the few times when Waters tried to expand his cinematic language at the expense of his usual verbal variety |
| Entertainment WeeklyGlenn KennyPolyester is a liberatingly crude satire of suburban mores. |
| Entertainment WeeklySteve SimelsLong before Mel Brooks, trash aesthete John Waters was making movies dedicated to the proposition that life stinks. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinPolyester is not Mr. Waters's ordinary movie. It's a very funny one, with a hip, stylized humor that extends beyond the usual limitations of his outlook. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenPolyester isn’t quite up to the low standards of Pink Flamingos, but it’s still a worthy effort by Waters. |
| MovieMartyr.comJeremy HeilmanWaters' humor might be as broad as possible in Polyester, but it's also astute enough here to be funny from moment to moment. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickHe makes you endure the grossest of the gross and you still laugh through the whole thing |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsPolyester splits the difference between Waters’ earlier cult movies and his later mainstream work. A melodrama that touches on everything from punk rock to abortion to pornography. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldLikely to be criticised for being less than murky Waters, even with its 'Odorama' card to scratch for olfactory pleasures/displeasures; but then it's clear from an opening helicopter shot that bad taste has found the budget to go middle of the road. |
