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Meet the Applegates (1990)
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1 February 1991 (USA) morePlot:
Giant preying mantis living in a south American jungle decide to move into suburban USA. Disguised as humans... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Hardly a serious attempt at ecology-based drama, but not very funny either. more (29 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ed Begley Jr. | ... | Richard P. Applegate |
 | Stockard Channing | ... | Jane Applegate |
 | Dabney Coleman | ... | Aunt Bea |
 | Robert Jayne | ... | Johnny Applegate (as Bobby Jacoby) |
 | Camille Cooper | ... | Sally Applegate (as Cami Cooper) |
| Glenn Shadix | ... | Greg Samson |
| Susan Barnes | ... | Opal Withers |
| Adam Biesk | ... | Vince Sampson |
 | Savannah Smith Boucher | ... | Dottie (as Savannah Smith Bouchér) |
| Roger Aaron Brown | ... | Sheriff Heidegger |
 | Lee Garlington | ... | Nita Samson |
| Philip Arthur Ross | ... | Kevin |
| Steven Robert Ross | ... | Kenny |
| Mark Bringleson | ... | Rich Block, Family Bazaar Magazine |
| Chuck Lafont | ... | Clem Shepherd |
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Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA moreFAQ
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Before I start this review can I just ask why this film opens with a shot of an Emperor scorpion? A West African arachnid in a brazilian rainforest? Righto.
Now that's out the way, on with the review. Though this film has a very strong moral (people who think insects are disgusting and live disgusting lives should first take a look at the human race) the whole thing is marred by the fact that it can't seem to decide whether it's a comedy or a more serious ecologically-themed drama. The insect family trying to fit into human society and coming to terms with it could have been hilarious, but the film is too mean-spirited and bleak to be funny (the family daughter is date-raped, the father commits adultery with his secretary, the son takes drugs, the dog is poisoned by the same drugs and ends up reverting back to an insect before being crushed to death). It's also too cosily bland and light-hearted to be regarded as having anything serious to say about ecology.