{"id":549,"date":"2025-08-01T01:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T05:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=549"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:44:44","slug":"female-trouble-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=549","title":{"rendered":"Female Trouble-1974"},"content":{"rendered":"

Female Trouble-1974<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director John Waters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 250 Films #168<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #146<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed\u00a0August 4, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Female Trouble (1974) is a deliciously naughty treat by the famous Independent film legend, John Waters.<\/p>\n

Not exactly family-friendly, it is a gem for those desiring more left-of-center fare with depravity and gross-out fun mixed in for good measure.<\/p>\n

The film’s theme is “crime is beauty,” and it is dedicated to Manson family member Charles “Tex” Watson.<\/p>\n

Meant for adult, late-night viewing, the film tells the story of female delinquent Dawn Davenport, who angrily leaves home one Christmas morning after not receiving her desired cha-cha heels as a Christmas present.<\/p>\n

Her parents, religious freaks, disown her, and she is left to fend for herself on the streets of Baltimore.<\/p>\n

The film then tells of her life story of giving birth and subsequently falling into a life of crime in the 1960s.\u00a0 Her friends Chicklet and Concetta are in tow as they work various jobs and embark on a career of theft.<\/p>\n

Female Trouble stars Waters’ regulars Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, and others.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Divine plays a dual role- Dawn Davenport (in drag, of course) and also the father of her bratty child, Earl Peterson.<\/p>\n

Dawn and Earl have a less-than-romantic interlude on a dirty mattress on the side of the road when he picks her up hitchhiking, which results in the birth of Taffy.<\/p>\n

Also featured is the hilarious feud between Dawn and her love interest’s (Gator) Aunt Ida, as the women engage in tactics such as acid throwing and chopping off of limbs as they constantly exact revenge on each other.<\/p>\n

Favorite scenes include Dawn’s maniacal nightclub act, in which she performs an acrobatic routine and then begins firing a gun into the crowd. Another is of Dawn’s dinner party with Donald and Donna Dasher- serving a meal consisting of spaghetti and chips, Taffy’s tirade hilariously ruins the evening.<\/p>\n

This film is not for the prudish, squeamish, or uptight crowd, but a ball for all open-minded, dirty fun-seekers. The film contains one over-the-top, hilarious scene after another.<\/p>\n

The line \u201cjust cuz you got them big udders don\u2019t make you somethin\u2019 special\u201d is a Waters classic.<\/p>\n

Female Trouble is one of a series of outrageous cult classics featuring the legendary camp star Divine.<\/p>\n

Not meant to be overanalyzed, or some might say, analyzed at all, Female Trouble (1974) is unabashedly trashy and makes no apologies for its outrageousness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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