Brian Sergent, Donna Akersten, Mark Hadlow

A massacre of puppet performers results in a full-scale investigation leading to the main suspect, Hilda, a large hippo.

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Peter Jackson

Release Date: June 1, 1989

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DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002

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  • October 3, 2009
    Peter Jackson's grotesque twist on The Muppets, is a decent enough watch if you want to see some puppets doing sick and depraved stuff. There's murder, sex, AIDS and drugs. The film is far too concerned with being grotesque, rather than funny. The voices don't have the delivery t...( read more)o really sell the lines. The final song and dance number is superb and the film is different enough to warrant a viewing, but it's not exactly enjoyable.
  • September 29, 2009
    Why spend millions on The Lord of the Rings films when they could have used the money to make a Feebles Trilogy? This is a great film with probably the finest Vietnam flashback ever! Another great early Peter Jackson, before he started using Oscar bait.
  • June 19, 2009
    "Didn't you notice you were sitting on his face!
    - Well, it was a bit uncomfortable but I thought it was my hemorrhoids."

    20 years later and 'Meet the Feebles' is still a hilarious movie! This film was Peter Jackson's second feature film and it makes fun of 'The Muppet Show' in ...( read more)ways you can only imagine. If you consider the Muppets to be the most precious thing from your childhood, do not watch this movie.

    From the opening musical performance, I noticed that my feet where whiskering. The movie tells the story of a group theatre performers who are preparing themselves for a live TV show. The only "problem" here is that the characters aren't cute and cuddly... We have a huge hippo who has an eating disorder, a frog that has a drug addiction, a rabbit who can't get enough of sex, a walrus who runs the show and has his own drug business on the side etc...

    Themes in the movie are jealousy, addictions, greed. Themes that work well in a crime thriller perfectly but Peter Jackson and his soon to be wife Frances Walsh, with the help of two others, have come up with an absorbing, funny and over the top puppet musical. Worked well for me years ago and still does!

    For all Peter Jackson fans, 'Meet the Feebles' is a must see. The film may not be that good looking, in fact it is at times pretty "ugly" but the love for entertainment pours from every scene. When looking at this movie, it's pretty amazing that 12 years later Jackson brought us the first movie of the greatest trilogy ever made.
  • March 2, 2008
    Peter Jackson's transgressive parody of The Muppet Show, featuring such sick jokes as an MC rabbit with AIDS and a heroin-addicted, knife-throwing Vietnam Vet frog. Not totally lacking wit, but far too nasty and mean-spirited for most, and the puppet costumes are as cheap as the ...( read more)irony.
  • July 16, 2007
    Warped, sick, and twisted but all in a good way. This is Muppets Gone Wild complete with drug addicted rabbits and slutty hippos. The downside is that it goes on far too long and the New Zealand accents are really thick making hard to understand.
  • October 26, 2009
    wow what a fucked up movie! it's like a derranged kids puppet movie!
  • October 1, 2009
    An Adult version of the muppets
  • September 22, 2009
    This movie + LSD = A GOOD TIME
  • August 18, 2009
    i wish this was available in Ireland :(
  • August 10, 2009
    this movie kicks ass

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