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Name: Hairspray
Released: 1988-2-26
Cast: Divine, Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, Deborah Harry, Jerry Stiller

Hairspray

PG
1h 32m
1988

98%

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It's Baltimore, 1962, and rebellious "pleasantly plump" teenager with the biggest bouffant on the block, Tracy hopes to be one of the featured stars on a popular dance show and win the coveted "Miss Auto Show" crown as she fights against racial discrimination.

Director:

John Waters

Producer:

Rachel Talalay

Writer:

John Waters

Cast:

Divine, Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, Deborah Harry, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora, Ruth Brown, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Mink Stole

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

98%

Critics Consensus: Hairspray is perhaps John Waters' most accessible film, and as such, it's a gently subversive slice of retro hilarity.

Reviews

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Fedor Tot

John Waters’ musical finds just the right balance of kitsch and sincerity.

Waters has a true knack for both celebrating and mocking a particular cultural milieu with equal flair and fancy.

Ricki Lake’s unselfconscious performance as the all-dancing, all-bouffant Tracy Turnblad is a joy, Debbie Harry makes a fabulous bigot, while Waters seems to delight in the many toe-tapping dance routines as well as his own deliciously arch dialogue.

Hairspray shows that Baltimore is the natural home of twisted legends and gothic subversives: Edgar Allan Poe, Dr Hannibal Lecter … and John Waters.

The kitsch is a delight, and Divine, who has a low and fascinating deadpan voice, is very funny as Tracy's mother.

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