Meet the Applegates
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1990 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror |
| Director | Michael Lehmann |
| Runtime | 90 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.5/10 (40 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a sharp satire of suburban conformity, using the grotesque premise of insect impersonators as a metaphor for otherness. It relies on the clash between saccharine 50s aesthetics and the rebellious nature of its protagonists.
What lingers after viewing is a bizarre ecological fable where family values morph into a hive-mind survival instinct, delivered with punk-rock attitude toward consumerism. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Michael Lehmann
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With friends who appreciate absurdist humor and retro kitsch satire.
🎭 Cast
Ed Begley Jr.
Richard P. Applegate
Stockard Channing
Jane Applegate
Dabney Coleman
Aunt Bea
Robert Jayne
Bobby Jacoby / Johnny Applegate
Camille Cooper
Sally Applegate
Glenn Shadix
Greg Samson
Susan Barnes
Opal Withers
Adam Biesk
Vince Sampson
Savannah Smith Boucher
Dottie
Roger Aaron Brown
Sheriff Heidegger
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