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.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
| Pepa | ... | 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 | |
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Alex Molina | ... | Stick-Up Man #3 |
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Wayman Ezell | ... | Apartment Broker #1 |
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Joe comes from Iowa to New York and, being short of money, wants to find an apartment with very low rent. His quest is successful, but he must share the residence with some 50,000 cockroaches. The insects turn out to be Joe's best friends. Written by Dragan Antulov <dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr>
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Sex Bugs Rock 'n Roll. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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26 July 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,854,490, 28 July 1996Gross USA:
$4,619,014Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$4,619,014Company Credits
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The CGI roach scenes were filmed using the same graphics effects engine from Jurassic Park and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. See more »Goofs
When Joe and Lily are sitting on his couch after their first date, the color of the wine changes from pink when the roaches move the glass towards Lily to dark red when she is holding it. See more »Crazy Credits
Filmed entirely in New York City except for one scene we had to go to Newark for. See more »Alternate Versions
When Joe's Apartment was aired on network television, the name of the band that Joe became involved with was changed from "SHIT" to "POO" See more »Connections
Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Silent Night, Deadly Night IV: Initiation (2014) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I wonder why it got criticized because to me the worth of a movie is how you react to it.
I first saw it on video in 1996 and I can tell you that we had to watch the intro three times because we were laughing so damn hard.
Even the 'mother' of the house was constantly telling us to shooooshhhh because we laughed so loud.
Never has a movie had me laughing so loud.
Now 11 yrs later, my 5 yr and 6 yr old boys watch it and get a huge laugh out of it. They love to see the roaches singing and dancing..
So if anyone cans it, they can go to buggery because we all get a lot of laughs and entertainment out of it.