SummaryHarris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine, was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen. Glenn went from the often-mocked, schoolyard fat kid to underdog royalty, standing up for millions of gay men and women, drag queens and ... Read More
Directed By:Jeffrey Schwarz
I Am Divine
Metascore
Generally Favorable
70
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
70
77% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Oct 28, 2013
88
This is a movie that's really about how much fun Glenn Milstead had being Divine, and how he — perhaps unexpectedly — found so many fans willing to go along for the ride. That's an American success story worth celebrating.
Oct 25, 2013
80
More than just a one-name star of pop culture’s alternative history, Divine’s story — terrorized by bullies, embraced by the outré, where he finds a home — stands for “all the outsiders,” as Waters says (between hilarious anecdotes).
Dec 28, 2013
75
A serious documentary about this gloriously trashy trailblazer.
Oct 31, 2013
70
On the evidence of the documentary I Am Divine, to know the drag star Divine was to love him.
Oct 14, 2013
70
An enjoyably naughty trip through Divine's career that happily makes time to introduce us to Glenn Milstead, the sweet kid and fledgling hairdresser who transformed himself so daringly.
Sep 22, 2014
60
Schwarz offsets the camp with a sincere appreciation of both the obvious, larger-than-life personality and this performer's oft-overlooked skills.
Oct 23, 2013
50
It feels like a veiled apology for Babs Johnson and other exercises in bad taste. In my book, the filthiest person alive will always win the prize.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
68% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
21% Mixed
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11% Negative
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2 Ratings
Jul 26, 2014
6
A veritable feast for Divine fans. Others will be fairly interested in this fairly straightforward documentary about his life, films and musical career, but will possibly not end up as converts to his particular style of entertainment. His films were certainly not to my taste, generally, even though they became more commercially refined and less vulgar as time went by. The talking heads predictably spew forth superlatives and the enduring impression is of a like able, outrageous albeit somewhat insecure wreck of a man.
Production Company:
- Automat Pictures
- Making it Big
Release Date:Oct 25, 2013
Duration:1 h 30 m
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Awards
FilmOut San Diego, US
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Key West Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Outflix Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
