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.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.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.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Billy West
- Ralph Roach
- (voice)
Reginald Hudlin
- Rodney Roach
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe CGI roach scenes were filmed using the same graphics effects engine from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Jurassic Park (1993).
- GoofsWhen Joe and Lily are sitting on his couch after their first date, the position of his arm changes from lowered to around her shoulder between shots.
- Quotes
[Joe finds a man lying in a pool of blood]
Joe: Oh, my god! Mister, are you alright?
Walter Shit: Two days, seven hours, twenty-three minutes and four seconds. That's how long I've been lying here.
Joe: Are you O.K.?
Walter Shit: 'Course not! I'm an artist!
- Crazy creditsAfter the end credits, the cockroaches come together and form the MTV logo, then they crawl away.
- Alternate versionsWhen Joe's Apartment was aired on network television, the name of the band that Joe became involved with was changed from "SHIT" to "POO"
- SoundtracksJoe's Apartment Theme
Written by Kevin Weist & John Payson
Performed by Mel Tormé & the Roach Chorus
Courtesy of Concord Records
Featured review
This movie is pretty funny. What it lacks in intelligence, it makes up for in fun.
Joe(O'Connell)has just to New York City and into his first apartment. The only problem: it's infested with thousands of talking cockroaches. They all seem to be a pain in Joe's butt, but the roaches come in more useful for him than he thought.
This movie is no classic, of course I don't think any of MTV's movies will be considered classics. But they are really funny(also see Beavis and Butt-Head Do America and Dead Man On Campus).
It's a hilarious and fun little flick, even for people who don't like bugs. 8/10
Joe(O'Connell)has just to New York City and into his first apartment. The only problem: it's infested with thousands of talking cockroaches. They all seem to be a pain in Joe's butt, but the roaches come in more useful for him than he thought.
This movie is no classic, of course I don't think any of MTV's movies will be considered classics. But they are really funny(also see Beavis and Butt-Head Do America and Dead Man On Campus).
It's a hilarious and fun little flick, even for people who don't like bugs. 8/10
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,619,014
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,854,490
- Jul 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $4,619,014
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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