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Joe's Apartment

1996 · 81 min

A goofy, gross-out musical comedy that's cheerfully silly and surprisingly sweet, with talking bugs stealing the show.

Directed by
John Payson
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
Tagline
Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n Roll.
Overview
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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Directed by
John Payson
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • love
  • class
  • survival
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour8
Realism2
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, fantasy
Directed by
John Payson
Written by
John Payson
Starring
Jerry O'Connell, Megan Ward, Billy West, Reginald Hudlin, Willi One Blood, Tracy Vilar, Sandra 'Pepa' Denton, Robert Vaughn
Music
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Peter Deming
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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