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
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What's wrong with you, people??? Why has this movie such a low rating???
I loved those bugs everywhere. The special effects are OK. The story itself is a bit naive, but, hé, it's a fairy-tale!
Everyone who likes Who frames Roger Rabbit, Ant Z, Thumbelina by Don Bluth (OK, bad example) or over-the-top-sentimental-romance like What Dreams May Come must like Joe's Apartment.
What do we have here? 1: a lonely country-boy in New York; 2: two ugly and dumb bad guys; 3: a sweet girl as love interest; and 4: thousands of bugs who are supposed to be loathsome, but soon turn out to be adorable. The first three items you have seen all before. But the fourth! You've never seen something like this, and you will never forget you saw it.
I loved those bugs everywhere. The special effects are OK. The story itself is a bit naive, but, hé, it's a fairy-tale!
Everyone who likes Who frames Roger Rabbit, Ant Z, Thumbelina by Don Bluth (OK, bad example) or over-the-top-sentimental-romance like What Dreams May Come must like Joe's Apartment.
What do we have here? 1: a lonely country-boy in New York; 2: two ugly and dumb bad guys; 3: a sweet girl as love interest; and 4: thousands of bugs who are supposed to be loathsome, but soon turn out to be adorable. The first three items you have seen all before. But the fourth! You've never seen something like this, and you will never forget you saw it.
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- hemmelmol
- Sep 11, 2004
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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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