Meet the Applegates (1991)
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10% of critics liked it
(10 reviews) -
20% want to see it
(2,921 ratings)
The Applegates is the video title for the darkly satirical comedy Meet the Applegates. The titular family, for all intents and purposes human beings, are actually a clan of giant Brazilian Cocorada bugs. Paterfamilias Dick Applegate (Ed Begley Jr.) takes a job with an Ohio nuclear power plant, with… More The Applegates is the video title for the darkly satirical comedy Meet the Applegates. The titular family, for all intents and purposes human beings, are actually a clan of giant Brazilian Cocorada bugs. Paterfamilias Dick Applegate (Ed Begley Jr.) takes a job with an Ohio nuclear power plant, with the intention of triggering an explosion, thereby exterminating all humankind and allowing the bugs to live in safety. Alas, every one of the Applegates falls victim to assimilation: Dick becomes a typical suburban philanderer, his wife Jane (Stockard Channing) succumbs to the seductions of the credit card, and the Applegate kids transform into obnoxious mall-cruising teens. By the time the Applegates' Aunt Bea (Dabney Coleman) links up with them to supervise the nuclear explosion, the family considers Auntie a nuisance and plots a fitting demise for her. Director Michael Lehmann had previously skewered upper-middle class values in Heathers; completed in 1989, Meet the Applegates buzzed into local cineplexes in 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Lehmann
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
R,
- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
What in the name of all that's holy is this thing?
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Clint Morris, Moviehole
Not worth "Meeting"
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
High marks for concept, lowered for a too-pat conclusion, but worth a look
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Very weird and pretty bad, but fascinating in a train-wreck sort of way.
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Cast
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Ed Begley Jr
as Dick Applegate
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Stockard Channing
as Jane Applegate
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Cami Cooper
as Sally Applegate
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Bobby Jacoby
as Johnny Applegate
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Dabney Coleman
as Aunt Bea
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Glenn Shadix
as Greg Samson
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Adam Biesk
as Vince Samson
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Roger Aaron Brown
as Sheriff Heidegger
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Savannah Smith Boucher
as Dottie
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Philip Arthur Ross
as Kevin
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Steven Robert Ross
as Kenny
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Susan Barnes
as Opal Withers
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Mindy Suzanne Bell
as Coach Himler
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Mark Bringelson
as Rich Block
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Lee Garlington
as Nita Sampson
- Chuck La Font
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Joe Liss
as Customs Official
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Bradley Mott
as Pastor Cooter
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Les Podewell
as Mr. Goodpastor
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Jessica Schwartz
as Monica
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Meg Weldon
as Courtney
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Sherrie Wills
as Peace Corps Volunteer
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Tony Cecere
as Banana Boat Helmsman
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John Escobar
as Jorge
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Lisa Sutton
as Pregnant Woman
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Sherry Narens
as Relative #1 (Hector)
- Sally Dennison
- Julie Selzer
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Rick Snyder
as Bank Officer
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Mark Roberts
as Screaming Guard in Plant
