Joe's Apartment 1996

Critics score:
19 / 100

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Some viewers will still want to reach for the Raid. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: 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. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: 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. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The insects have obnoxious, piping little voices and sound like the Chipmunks had inhaled helium. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: 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. Read more