Meet the Applegates
“A new species of comedy”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 65, rated by 1 admin.
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A family of insects impersonates ideal suburban Americans while pursuing access to nuclear resources. Their human appetites and insect habits keep sabotaging the disguise. The deliberate satire works as a run of strange domestic sketches rather than a tightly organised invasion thriller.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 5.5/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The perfect neighbours have a worrying interest in the leftovers.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 65
Synopsis and movie facts
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
- Released
- 1990
- Directed by
- Michael Lehmann
- Running time
- 90 min
Starring
- Ed Begley Jr. as Richard P. Applegate
- Stockard Channing as Jane Applegate
- Dabney Coleman as Aunt Bea
- Robert Jayne as Bobby Jacoby / Johnny Applegate
- Camille Cooper as Sally Applegate
- Glenn Shadix as Greg Samson
- Susan Barnes as Opal Withers
- Adam Biesk as Vince Sampson
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 76516. Review uses a different release year; the catalogue follows the canonical TMDB release date.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the skit-like structure and funny clashes between insect appetites and suburban habits.
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