Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe
A well-to-do housewife has her 300-lb maid crush her husband. The two escape to the kingdom of Mortville, a safe haven for unsavory citizens, where the queen names Peggy her heiress.
DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003
Stats: 301 reviews
OMG! This movie is NOT for the faint of heart! One of his earlier films, Waters catapults us into a scary, strange place. You can try to avert your eyes, but there's SOMETHING that holds your fascination! Good luck!
Possibly more depraved than "Pink Flamingos", if that's possible, "Desperate Living" is a paradox for the senses. Although tasteless and shocking, it is ultimately warm hearted and uproariously hilarious. Those familiar with John's style know that these contradictions work splend...( read more)
An adult fairy tale in which the evil queen of a shanty-town called Mortville is overthrown by a bunch of lesbians. Some of this is hilarious but, on the whole, Waters' satire is darker and less flippant than usual, and it's less enjoyable as a result. Mink Stole and Edith Massey...( read more)
A trashy sleazy fairy-tale - done the John Waters way. A bored housewife and her obese maid escape to a fantasy shanty-Kingdom, ruled by a kinky old Queen and her faggy leather soldiers. Life is filthy and unpredictable, with Lesbian neighbors, royal proclamations and some cruel ...( read more)
Of all of John Water's earliest "shock" schlock films, this is the best of the bunch, with a very punk-rock attitude. Still, it has a very weak plot, but who cares? It is a mess and it wants to be. Great one liners. Sick and twisted viewers will be quoting this film for years aft...( read more)
This is something quite different. Exploitative and disgusting, this film is best enjoyed a bit inebriated.
Twisted and hilarious, though I didn't find it as entertaining as John Waters's two previous films.
(Why is the only option available marked "edited version"?- I'm sure I saw the original... if not I can't begin to imagine what the unedited version would be like; YIKES!)
This is the first movie I saw by John Waters. I LOVED the opening scene, and fell in love with Mink Stole im...( read more)
Gotta rank equal first with female trouble as the funniest movie ever made. It always has me in tears of mirth.
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