Joe's Apartment (1996) - The Only Musical featuring Cockroaches!

[PlasticOwls]

I stumbled upon this movie while finding ways to get rid of roaches in my new apartment. I throughly enjoyed it's unabashed stupidity and cheesiness in the best way possible, and the CGI is great for its time.

Apparently Joe's Apartment were a collection of MTV clips that turned into a feature length film. Found out critics hated it when the flick came to theaters, but I think its a cult classic in the making. You guys be the judge though.

Here's the full movie. Here's a clip of it.

Joe's Apartment (1996) The bathroom scene

Cockroaches that sing! They use things in around the basement to make music. It was my favorite scene.

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[Tootsie Bear]

Oh hell no! I remember this movie when I was a child. Didn't see it in theaters but watched it repeatedly after recording it off PPV when it was released. As you mentioned it was a cute movie. In a way it shows what MTV was like in the 90's with the alternative rock and surreal satire.

 

[PlasticOwls]

Oh hell no! I remember this movie when I was a child. Didn't see it in theaters but watched it repeatedly after recording it off PPV when it was released. As you mentioned it was a cute movie. In a way it shows what MTV was like in the 90's with the alternative rock and surreal satire.

I was kind of shocked the movie got a 19% on Rotten Movies, and a 5.0 on imbd. Considering the movie's origins, you'd think people wouldn't pan the movie for 'being juvenile'

 

[Tootsie Bear]

I was kind of shocked the movie got a 19% on Rotten Movies, and a 5.0 on imbd. Considering the movie's origins, you'd think people wouldn't pan the movie for 'being juvenile'

Right. It's one of those movies the older generation watched and relished; not critics. Compared to Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Joe's Apartment pales in comparison. However, it still a charming movie. One of those it's so bad it's good type of movies before they became all the rage online.

 

[UW 411]

It was a fun cheesy watch back in the day. I'll have to revisit it again and see how it holds up. It was definitely a 'so bad it's good' flick as @Tootsie Bear said.

 

[hotcheetospuffs]

Fun fact, the singing voice of the roaches are Rockapella from Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego.

 

[Madam Nekromantik]

First, I want to thank you for making me feel old with the way that you talk about this movie like you found a charming relic of the past.

Yeah, those old shorts were something else and I'm really impressed that they made a movie that could have been a lot worse out of it. It was a different time, back when Hollywood would take risks with movies and before MTV stopped playing music and only played reality TV.

 

[neverendingmidi]

I remember watching this, I think I rented it from Blockbuster, because I liked the main actor in it from Sliders. At least the first couple of seasons of Sliders, before Jonathan Rhys-Davies left.

It was definitely both funny and weird. At least to teenage me.

 

[Trilby]

Never did see the film, but do remember the short it was based on....

 

[Damn Near]

This is, sincerely, my favorite movie of all time. When I was little, I taped it off the TV, and I usually watch it once a year. It was fucking universally panned by all critics when it came out too

 

[XYZpdq]

I liked the shorts and saw the movie before it was officially out, buddy worked at a theater and I caught a test run the day before open.
It's a fun little dumb thing

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

I liked it better when it was called Twilight of the Cockroaches

 

[Trilby]

I liked it better when it was called Twilight of the Cockroaches

That was a good movie!

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I saw this movie once over 20 years ago.

That intro/ending song is still stuck in my head.