To me, this movie is perfection.

People are voting emotionally.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

In Baltimore, Francine Fishpaw (Divine) only wants to be a normal suburban housewife. The problem is that her husband Elmer shows pornos in his theater and the neighbors are demonstrating on their front lawn. Her kids are flirtatious Lu-Lu and foot-obsessed Dexter. There is a notorious Baltimore Foot Stomper on the loose. Elmer is cheating with his secretary. Dexter gets expelled from school. Lu-Lu fails every class and gets knocked up by pathetic thug Bo-Bo.John Waters is reveling in deliberate bad acting, satirical craziness and outrageous story. It's weird and that's how he likes it but it isn't big laughs funny. It's not for everyone and it's not really even for me. The big plus of this movie is the charismatic Divine. She brings a humanity to her unreal character.

I recently had the pleasure of seeing John Waters live show followed by a screening of Polyester and we were spoiled and got the Odorama cards! Aside from Waters being hilarious on stage and wonderfully unpolitically correct, the movie is excellent. Completely offbeat, wonderful dysfunctional family, physical comedy, exaggerated characters makes this a classic comedy, even if a bit outdated. I loved it. I only gave it a 9 because of the sound quality and the slightly outdated look, albeit still excellent. Divine's performance is divine... If you didn't now it was a man, you could almost be fooled. Lulu's performance is over the top, so not very credible, but it makes it all the more funny and ludicrous. Dexter is nuts, plain and simple. One does not see this film for its true like story line, but to see over the top blown up characters that make you laugh. This does just that. However, if you ever have the chance to see Waters,' live show, do not miss it!

Director and writer John Waters who also directed and wrote other classic comedy flicks, Multiple Maniacs 1970, Pink Flamingos 1972, Female Trouble 1974, Desperate Living 1977, and Serial Mom 1994 plus the classic flick Cry Baby 1990 has created another gem in Polyester.Starring Divine who was also in John Waters's Multiple Maniacs and Pink Flamingos.Also starring Tab Hunter.Also starring Edith Massey who was also in John Waters's Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Desperate Living.Also starring Mink Stole who was also in John Waters's Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Desperate Living. Serial Mom and Cry Baby.I enjoyed all the characters and their issues! If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic comedy flicks, 2 Days in Paris 2007, After Hours 1985, Clerks 1994, Clerks II 2006, Delicatessen 1991, Duck Soup 1933, The Hangover 2009, Hercules Returns 1993, Idle Hands 1999, Life of Brian 1979, Living in Oblivion 1995, Meaning of Life 1983, The Out of Towners 1970, Remote Control 1992, Hangin' with the Homeboys 1991, Swingers 1996, Denise Calls Up 1995 and Grimsby 2016.

I love John Waters movies. Whether it's his old or new films. He has his own strange sense of humor. In "Polyester" Devine plays down to earth overweight housewife Francine Fishpaw. Poor Francine, her husband who runs the local porn theater (pronounced thee-ater) is having an affair. Her own mother insults her constantly, her son is a glue sniffer with a foot stomping fetish and her daughter Lu-Lu is a teen rebel with an unwanted pregnancy. The only true friend Francine has is Cuddles, played by the always hilarious Edith Masey. Francine's soap opera like life spins out of control resulting in alcoholism and depression. This movie is filmed in oder-rama and the DVD comes with a scratch and sniff scent card. If you need a good laugh, you should definitely see "Polyester". And who could forget the words of young Lu-Lu? "I'm having an abortion, and I can't wait!" Don't wait .... to see this movie.