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MPAA Rating: NC-17
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Editorial Review:
When prissy, prickly Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman) suffers a head injury during a traffic altercation, she's, er, revived by self-appointed sexual missionary Ray-Ray Perkins (Johnny Knoxville) and is transformed into an insatiable, take-no-prisoners sex maniac. Yes, it's a John Waters film. Yes, it's filthy. No, it's not as hilarious and sustained as you'd like it to be. It works for a while, though: Ullman, never a stingy comedienne, does everything Waters dares her to do without hesitation; words cannot describe the perversely sporting delight with which she mounts a water bottle during a round of "The Hokey Pokey" at an old folks' home. And there's some fun to be had when Sylvia's emancipation leads her Baltimore 'burb to new heights of ecstasy, freeing her large-breasted daughter Caprice (Selma Blair) while horrifying husband Vaughn (Chris Isaak) and her hardline mother Big Ethel (Suzanne Shepherd, hysterical) in the process. It's also packed with the standard cameos, the most satisfying of which is good old Patty Hearst at a Sex Addicts Anonymous encounter. But, for all the nasty, necessary glee, the movie feels inescapably been-there-done-that, and you can't help but wish this was 1972 and Divine was on hand to prowl for dog droppings. The most shocking thing about A Dirty Shame is how desperate and tiresome its anarchy becomes.--Steve Wiecking
A Dirty Shame Reviews:
Not as funny as it could be, but I learned a few things 
2009-11-05 - Some parts were funny /
More parts were stupid, but still /
educational
All kinds of fun. 
2009-08-03 - I'm a big fan of Tracy Ulman and she is great in this film, but there's good chemistry among the whole cast. Of all John Water's films I like this best. Anyone who's ever had a parent who is a "Neuter" will recognize the whole mindset here. The Bears are very well done. I'm a member of a Bear club myself and we heartily concur that it fits us well. Like all parody and satire everything is exaggerated...and yet deadly accurate. It's in my collection of movies I have to see every year.
Halarious video
2009-05-04 - My favorite John Waters flick. I hope he continues to gross out the masses for years to come.
I ordered the wrong one... 
2009-05-04 - I'm a John Waters fan. I was unaware that the R rated version is called the "neuter" version because it has been censored. (Cut scenes and some foul words replaced with more "acceptable" ones.) Now I have to purchase the NC-17 Version to get the true John Waters experience. LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURE, THE R RATED VERSION SAYS "NEUTER VERSION" ON IT!
To add insult to injury, IT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE!
Best John Waters film in a while
2009-04-07 - 'A Dirty Shame' is a movie that fans of the old style John Waters will enjoy. It is by no means a 'Pink Flamingos' or 'Desperate Living', but it is most certainly NOT 'Hairspray'. It is full of great charecters and the writing is sharp. Also it is good to see Mink Stole have a good size role and the new cast (Johnny Knoxville ect.) all are great. Tracy Ulman was meant to be in a John Waters film. It is good to know that John Waters can still put some unique things on film.
