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This Filthy World
Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    100
    This Filthy World does many things, including transform tabloid commentary into comic art. But at its best, it shows that the child is father to the wild man.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Karen Wilson
    80
    Waters's best bits are nostalgic, as he remembers his late friend and frequent collaborator Divine. Part memoir, part lecture, This Filthy World reaffirms what most of us already know from "The Wire": In a town full of delightful misfits, Waters may be Baltimore's sanest citizen.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    70
    Even if he's never able to mount a full-scale return to the happy depravity of his youth, Waters is one of bad behavior's most likable champions.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    70
    John Waters is darned entertaining as he delivers a monologue that annotates his scandalous movies and encompasses assorted other subjects that interest or annoy him.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    Tossing off one-liners about drugs and porn to a New York audience, even Waters sounds a little bored.
  6. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    25
    Some long patches in this show are surprisingly boring and unfunny. Maybe part of the problem is that the rest of the world has caught up with Waters -- nowadays everyone's a provocateur. In-your-face gay-themed material is no longer such a novelty; there are simply fewer boundaries left to transgress.
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