A Família Applegate

Título original: Meet the Applegates

1990
R
1 h 30 min

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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaModelling 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'... Ler tudoModelling 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.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.

Direção
- Michael Lehmann
Roteiristas
- Michael Lehmann
- Redbeard Simmons
Artistas

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5,5/10

2,7 mil

SUA AVALIAÇÃO

Direção
- Michael Lehmann
Roteiristas
- Michael Lehmann
- Redbeard Simmons
Artistas

Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro

Curiosidades
Filmed in 1988/1989, but remained unreleased in the U.S. until early 1991, due to the financial woes of New World Pictures.

Citações
Aunt Bea: [to a passing construction worker who has grabbed her behind] You Homo sapien scum!
Richard P. Applegate: Excuse me?
Aunt Bea: Nah, nothing nothing, it's just uh, some asshole tried to rape me.

Versões alternativas
The Image Entertainment LaserDisc release of the film is cut, missing one final scene at the end wherein it is revealed that Aunt Bea is still very much alive (albeit injured) and still optimistic about crushing the human scum by planning on infiltrating NORAD. Instead, the Image LD cut of the film cuts straight to the credits after the final jungle scene, missing the final Aunt Bea scene in its entirety (this scene is present in the TV cut of the film shown on Showtime Flix).

Conexões
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Queens Logic/Run/Meet the Applegates/The Vanishing (1991)

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6/10

suburban satire

The Applegates (Ed Begley Jr, Stockard Channing) are a peculiar suburban family. They live under assumed identities to infiltrate and sabotage the nuclear power plant. They are actually giant preying mantis from the Brazilian rainforest which is being stripped by development. Their queen, Aunt Bea (Dabney Coleman), is invading Ohio in three months. The daughter Sally falls for Vince Sampson from next door. When Vince forces himself on her, she goes mantis on him. The suburbs are harder than it seems. Sally gets pregnant. Johnny turns into a weed head. Jane goes crazy with her Discovery card. Richard gets fired. Then Aunt Bea arrives.

I wouldn't say that there are any big laughs. It does have a weird dark satirical take on the suburbs. There is also an environmental message. This all adds up to an unseen cult movie. It has some fun takes. Michael Lehmann directed one of the great teen satires of all times, Heathers. This is way weirder.