Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates

A new species of comedy

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Release Date

11/8/1990

Runtime

90 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$485,772

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A surreal fish-out-of-water comedy where an insect colony masquerades as an American nuclear family, balancing genuine weirdness with satirical jabs at suburban conformity and Cold War paranoia. It's genuinely strange in a way that keeps you laughing and a little unnerved.

Mood

AbsurdPlayfulUnsettling

Themes

IdentityColonialismCorruption

Tone

Satirical

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genrePractical effects

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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