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(1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh Page   1   98/100 "Certainly Waters would argue that all his films end on an upbeat note. But [Hairspray] is the first time the joy seems genuine, not just perversely plastered on."   DVD Verdict   Bill Gibron 3.5/5 "It's not exactly Malcolm X, but Waters has never really made a stronger political statement since this film."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null 3/4 "Has a great message is endlessly entertaining, and come on you have to love Motormouth Maybelle..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. 3.5/4 "Hairspray might be tame by the director's standards, but it loses none of its subversive energy in its quest for a PG-rating."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman B- "Hairspray represents more-mainstream John Waters fare, but the inspired casting itself will warrant a look for this 1988 film."   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit "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."   Reverse Shot   Leo Goldsmith +1 out of -4..+4 "The world is coming to an end: cracks are forming in the Earth's surface, mountain-sized chunks of ice are falling from the sky, John Waters has made a family film."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper A- "The defining moment in the auteur’s career-long dedication to lionizing Baltimore’s misfit population."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 62/100 "Lots of people who use hairspray tend to lay it on real thick. One spritz from the aerosol can is never enough."   Apollo Guide   Ryan Cracknell 8/10 "The Waters film for your grandma, who will probably be only a little bit freaked out by it."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3.5/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick  (1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 91% Fresh Page   1