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Hairspray (1988)
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The movie follows Tracy Turnblad, a 'pleasantly plump' teenager who teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show and wins the coveted 'Miss Auto Show' crown.
The movie follows Tracy Turnblad, a 'pleasantly plump' teenager who teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show and wins the coveted 'Miss Auto Show' crown.
Actors:
Cory Tabachow,
Brad Baker,
Mink Stole,
Donald Wheeler,
Jason Downs,
William Rose,
Ruth Brown,
Regina Hammond,
Harold Anthony,
Alan J. Wendl,
Tipper Burton,
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Cory Tabachow
Brad Baker
Mink Stole
25 August 1947, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Donald Wheeler
Jason Downs
8 September 1973, Columbia, Maryland, USA
William Rose
Ruth Brown
12 January 1928, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Regina Hammond
Harold Anthony
Alan J. Wendl
Tipper Burton
Director:
John Waters
John Waters
22 April 1946, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Country:
United States
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August 08, 2009
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Not only Waters's best movie, but a crossover gesture that expands his appeal without compromising his vision one iota; Ricki Lake as the hefty young heroine is especially delightful.
September 12, 2007
The Waters film for your grandma, who will probably be only a little bit freaked out by it.
January 01, 2000
The movie is a bubble-headed series of teenage crises and crushes, alternating with historically accurate choreography of such forgotten dances as the Madison and the Roach.
Common Sense Media
December 18, 2010
A kitschy teen fantasy you can dance to.
July 10, 2016
Waters tones down his usual excesses, but his mischievous black sense of humour is still very much to the fore in this affectionate salute to Z-grade teen movies.
May 28, 2008
When Divine's Edna Turnblad is on-screen in the sleeveless dresses she's partial to, the movie has something like the lunacy of a W. C. Fields in drag.
June 24, 2006
Waters' most hygienically commercial film is a Retro schlock-fancier's delight.
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While it's corny by design, Hairspray also aims to get at something truthful, about the various kinds of prejudice [...] and how youthful optimism and music made a difference [...].
June 30, 2007
John Waters' appreciation for the tacky side of life is in full flower in Hairspray, a slight but often highly amusing diversion about integration, big girls' fashions and music-mad teens in 1962 Baltimore.
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Perhaps Waters' best known movie.
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The actors are best when they avoid exaggeration and remain weirdly sincere. That way, they do nothing to break the vibrant, even hallucinogenic spell of Mr. Waters's nostalgia.

