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Polyester

1981 · 86 min

A gleefully trashy, laugh-out-loud satire that revels in suburban misery and bad taste with a wink.

Tagline
It’s Scentsational!
Overview
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • addiction
  • betrayal
  • media
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour8
Realism4
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
John Waters
Written by
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Starring
Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
86 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
Mandarin, English

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