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A Dirty Shame
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56 out of 100

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5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Starring: Chris Isaak, Selma Blair, Tracey Ullman
  • Summary: Rude, joyous and full of sexual anarchy, this John Waters comedy has a generous heart and a dirty mind. (Fine Line Features)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 34
  3. Negative: 7 out of 34
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    88
    A Dirty Shame is certainly dirty, and maybe it's even a shame. But this is the John Waters we've come to know and cherish, and that alone is cause to celebrate.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    60
    Despite its exuberant perversities, Waters’s take on erotomania is almost quaint.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Allison Benedikt
    38
    John Waters is back with this awfully bawdy, never sexy, rarely funny, actually boring, one-note sex comedy.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
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  3. Negative: 2 out of 7

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