Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- dark
- vulgar
- surreal
- cult movie night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard it as a dark, vulgar, technically distinctive backstage puppet comedy whose outrageous imagination is frequently undermined by juvenile excess.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Feebles variety-show performers are represented through puppetry while engaging in criminal, sexual, and violent backstage behavior.
The impending variety show contrasts with addiction, extortion, prostitution, coercion, robbery, and murder among the cast.
The film presents graphic violence, sexual exploitation, drug dealing, disease, and absurd puppet characters in an outrageous comic register.
Trevor the Rat attempts to coerce young starlet Heidi into his pornography business while the show depends on damaged performers.
Films like Meet the Feebles, and why
Braindead
shares outrageous black comedy, grotesque satire, anarchic ensemble humor, and deliberately juvenile provocation
Avenue 5
shares surreal puppetry, subversive comedy, musical performance, and extreme vulgarity
The Producers
shares backstage show-business satire, ensemble dysfunction, musical comedy, and dark absurdism
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
shares irreverent sketch-like humor, surreal violence, and an aggressively unconventional comic tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Release Date
- 1989-08-12
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (331)
Cast
- Donna Akersten
- Stuart Devenie
- Mark Hadlow
- Brian Sergent
- Ross Jolly
- Peter Vere-Jones
- Mark Wright
- Danny Mulheron
- Jay Snowfield
- Doug Wren
Common questions
- What is Meet the Feebles about?
- A wildly vulgar puppet variety-show satire where backstage romance, exploitation, addiction, and criminal chaos threaten opening night.
- What is Meet the Feebles like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Meet the Feebles as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Meet the Feebles violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Meet the Feebles as graphic.
- What did critics think of Meet the Feebles?
- Critics broadly regard it as a dark, vulgar, technically distinctive backstage puppet comedy whose outrageous imagination is frequently undermined by juvenile excess.
- Which films are like Meet the Feebles?
- Films with a similar feel include Braindead, Avenue 5, The Producers, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- How long is Meet the Feebles?
- Meet the Feebles runs 93 minutes.
