Rotten
Unfortunately, nothing that any of the humans contribute to Joe's Apartment is nearly as interesting as the musical numbers and comedy riffs of the cockroaches.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Joe's Apartment
Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n Roll.
1996 · 1h 21m · PG-13
Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by
John Payson
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.
Director and cast
- John Payson Director
- Jerry O'Connell as Joe
- Megan Ward as Lily Dougherty
- Billy West as Ralph Roach (voice)
- Reginald Hudlin as Rodney Roach (voice)
- Willi One Blood as Complaint Handler
- Tracy Vilar as Complaint Handler
- Sandra 'Pepa' Denton as Blank
- Robert Vaughn as Senator Dougherty
- Shiek Mahmud-Bey as Vladimir Bianco
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
21%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Some viewers will still want to reach for the Raid.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
John Payson's Joe's Apartment may well have been a funny MTV short, but stretched to feature length it's got to be the most putrid picture since The Garbage Pail Kids Movie nearly a decade ago.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
There's not enough story here for something half that length, so we're subjected to numerous pointless and irritating song-and-dance numbers designed to nudge the lame plot towards its conclusion.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
The insects have obnoxious, piping little voices and sound like the Chipmunks had inhaled helium.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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