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A DIRTY SHAME

By | September 2004

IN THEATERS, SEPTEMBER 24TH! The real shame in “A Dirty Shame” is a wonderful set-up and a dismal execution. Waters basically conceived a dozen smutty jokes and spends 88 minutes repeating them endlessly. The sight gag of Selma Blair sporting Chesty Morgan-worthy tits is amusing…for 30 seconds…

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