Polyester (1981)
"It’s Scentsational!"
ThumbScore
👍 77%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 93%
(RT: 93%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Divine as Francine Fishpaw
Tab Hunter as Todd Tomorrow
Edith Massey as Cuddles Kovinsky
David Samson as Elmer Fishpaw
Mary Garlington as Lu-Lu Fishpaw
Ken King as Dexter Fishpaw
Mink Stole as Sandra Sullivan
Joni Ruth White as La Rue
Is Polyester good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 197 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 93%.
Overview
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film. Wikipedia ↗
