Joe's Apartment (1996)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

John Payson

Writers (WGA):

John Payson (short film)
John Payson (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 July 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Fantasy

Tagline:

Sex Bugs Rock 'n Roll.

Plot:

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | New York | Singing | Insect | Part Computer Animation

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Jerry O'Connell	...	Joe
Megan Ward	...	Lily Dougherty
Billy West	...	Ralph Roach (voice)
Reginald Hudlin	...	Rodney Roach (voice)
Jim Turner	...	Walter Shit / Voice of Cockroach
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton	...	Blank (as Sandra Denton)
Robert Vaughn	...	Senator Dougherty
Don Ho	...	Alberto Bianco
Jim Sterling	...	Jesus Bianco / Voice of Cockroach
Shiek Mahmud-Bey	...	Vladimir Bianco
David Huddleston	...	P.I. Smith
Frank Bello	...	Stick-Up Man #1
Lord Kayson	...	Stick-Up Man #2
Alejandro Molina	...	Stick-Up Man #3
Wayman Ezell	...	Apartment Broker #1

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude humor and a brief drug reference.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34647) | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Denmark:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Geffen Pictures

Trivia:

The first ever feature film produced by MTV Networks.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Joe and Lily are sitting on his couch after their first date, the position of his arm changes from lowered to around her shoulder between shots.

Quotes:

Ralph Roach: We know where you live. We LIVE where you live!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs First Blood (1982)

Soundtrack:

Garbage in the Moonlight

laugh your head of

What's wrong with you, people??? Why has this movie such a low rating???

I loved those bugs everywhere. The special effects are OK. The story itself is a bit naive, but, hé, it's a fairy-tale!

Everyone who likes Who frames Roger Rabbit, Ant Z, Thumbelina by Don Bluth (OK, bad example) or over-the-top-sentimental-romance like What Dreams May Come must like Joe's Apartment.

What do we have here? 1: a lonely country-boy in New York; 2: two ugly and dumb bad guys; 3: a sweet girl as love interest; and 4: thousands of bugs who are supposed to be loathsome, but soon turn out to be adorable. The first three items you have seen all before. But the fourth! You've never seen something like this, and you will never forget you saw it.