# Female Trouble (1976)

> A ferociously campy descent from family grievance into criminal celebrity, staged as John Waters’s gleeful assault on respectability.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8414

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Comedy, Crime
- Director: John Waters
- Cast: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Susan Walsh, Michael Potter
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072979/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: campy, irreverent, sardonic, midnight movie, cult film night

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