A Dirty Shame
Fine Line Features | Release Date: September 24, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
11
Negative:
7
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Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
John Waters is back with this awfully bawdy, never sexy, rarely funny, actually boring, one-note sex comedy. Read full review
30
Film ThreatPhil Hall
Easily the most surprising comedy of his career. The surprise: it's not funny. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverMelissa Levine
The very best thing about A Dirty Shame, a giddy sex farce from John Waters, is the credits. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Predictable outrage. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Monotonous, repetitive and sometimes wildly wrong in what it hopes is funny. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleSteven Winn
Squanders its comic capital on redundant bits about her perplexed family and secret society of fellow sex addicts. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Tracey Ullman is a bright spot in an otherwise sordid, murky production. Read full review
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