Is Meet the Applegates sad?

Barely. Less sad than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Meet the Applegates end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Meet the Applegates scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Meet the Applegates violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Meet the Applegates easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Meet the Applegates

Name: Meet the Applegates
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1990
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Robert Jayne, Camille Cooper

A new species of comedy

Directed by Michael Lehmann

Produced by Cinemarque Entertainment, New World Pictures

199090 min5.6 / 10

A surreal, high-concept comedy that mines absurdist humor from the collision between insect invaders and 1950s suburban Americana.

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.

Clusters

Comedies That Mock Society Fun Over-the-Top Movies

Genres

Comedy Fantasy Horror

Questions people ask

Is Meet the Applegates sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.
Does Meet the Applegates end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is Meet the Applegates scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Meet the Applegates violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Meet the Applegates easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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