A Dirty Shame

"Threatening the very limits of common decency."

Sep 24 2004 NC-17 1h 29m
Comedy

Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.

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Plot

Middle-aged, sexually repressed Sylvia Stickles is the subject of this John Water's film, set in North Baltimore. She refuses to have sex with her husband, Vaughn Stickles, and keeps her overly-endowed daughter, Caprice, locked in her room, while she serves home detention for moral depravity charges. Sylvia, together with her mother Big Ethel, lead a group calling themselves "neuters" that promotes decency on Harford Road. When Sylvia is accidentally hit on the head by a lawnmower hanging out of a passing pick-up truck, however, her sexual behavior is changed completely from prude to prostitute. She meets the sex addicted sexual healer Ray Ray Perkins, becoming his twelfth apostle of sex in a journey of pleasure and orgasm.

Written by

John Waters

Directed by

John Waters

Cast

Tracey Ullman, Chris Isaak, Selma Blair

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

City Lights Pictures, John Wells Productions, Killer Films, This Is That Productions, Fine Line Features

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Trailers
Dirty Shame, A
Scores
# of Votes
14,156
Average Rating
5.1 out of 10
Metascore
56
Popularity
NA