Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates (1991)

  • 10% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 36% of users liked it
    (3,612 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

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Michael Lehmann
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
On DVD
Jun 13, 1991
Media Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    What in the name of all that's holy is this thing?

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    Not worth "Meeting"

  • Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

    High marks for concept, lowered for a too-pat conclusion, but worth a look

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Very weird and pretty bad, but fascinating in a train-wreck sort of way.

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  • Dean M


    Really dull and ridiculous of five Brazilian beetles disguise themselves as the average American family.

  • Barry L


    Such a surreal movie. But very good.

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