Hairspray (1988) 1988 Watch Free in HD

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.

Genre:

Comedy, Musical

Actors:

Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake, Jerry Stiller, Vitamin C, Michael St. Gerard, Leslie Ann Powers, Clayton Prince, Mink Stole, ...»

Director:

John Waters

Country:

United States

Release:

1988

IMDb:

7.0

Quality:

Duration:

92 min

Variety

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.

June 30, 2007

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Reverse Shot

The shock Waters's cinema offers, then, is not transcendent, but almost reflexive, implicating the viewer in the awkward complexities of his own humanity and forcing him to either celebrate it or run screaming away.

August 08, 2009

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Radio Times

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.

July 10, 2016

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Chicago Reader

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.

July 16, 2007

Common Sense Media

A kitschy teen fantasy you can dance to.

December 18, 2010

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

January 01, 2000

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The Dissolve

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 [...].

March 10, 2014

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Time Out

Waters' most hygienically commercial film is a Retro schlock-fancier's delight.

June 24, 2006

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New York Times

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.

May 20, 2003

Antagony & Ecstasy

The Waters film for your grandma, who will probably be only a little bit freaked out by it.

September 12, 2007

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Times (UK)

Perhaps Waters' best known movie.

September 03, 2015

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New Yorker

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.

May 28, 2008

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