Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total
- Samantha the Cat
- (voice)
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- Sebastian
- (voice)
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- Heidi the Hippo
- (voice)
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- Harry the Hare
- (voice)
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- Wynyard the Frog
- (voice)
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- Bletch
- (voice)
- (as Peter Vere Jones)
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- Sid the Elephant
- (voice)
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- Musician Frog
- (uncredited)
Featured reviews
I remember seeing this many years ago, before Jackson was given the "Lord of the Rings" movies. I knew him for "Bad Taste" and "Dead Alive", so this was not a particularly shocking movie. Strange, yes, and probably offensive, but not really out of bounds from what he had done before. (This made his connection to the "Rings" films even more strange... he seemed an unlikely choice.) If you happen to be sensitive or easily offended, avoid this one. But if you like edgy, offbeat films, you really must check it out. What Jackson constructed here is on par with any cult film from John Waters.
It takes place in this weird freaking world where everyone is a puppet, and the feebles run this muppet-type show. The concept is great. Basically, instead of happy, fun-loving puppets, we have puppets who still have that "crazy" aspect that puppets usually do have, but with evil (and good) human traits attached. What you get, mostly, is an odd "Hell" kind of world. (Kermit, you better have been good, or you'll end up here!)
Somewhere in my demented mind I have a great desire to show this messed up movie to a kid, and see how they react. But I won't, not yet... hehehehe! >:)
Great concept. Difficult to watch. Messed up movie. Great for druggies. Not exactly for the kids...
Just look at this sickly cracking showbiz satire, complete with an array of mostly disgusting Muppets from hell, acting as a walking compendium of the seven deadly sins (and some more). The sheer audaciousness of this nightmare folly is to be applauded, but the astounding fact remains that behind all the cold misanthropic viewpoints on display there's still a beating heart pumping warm blood into this creatures.
Certainly not to everyone's taste and riddled with too many drawn-out plot excesses, this one-of-a-kind pic still deserves a huge cult following.
7 out of 10 panty-sniffing anteaters
Did you know
- TriviaMade on an extremely low budget considering the time-consuming process of working with puppets, the film went over budget and schedule.
- Quotes
Trevor: All right, you fat slag! Move your ass!
Heidi: How dare you speak to me like that! You horrible, spiteful little rat!
Trevor: I've heard better singing from a mongoose with throat cancer!
Heidi: I won't stand for this treatment any longer. I'm an artiste. I demand respect.
Trevor: Artiste, that's a good one.
Heidi: That's it! I've had enough! I'm going straight to Bletch
[runs off to Bletch's office]
Trevor: You do that, darling!
- Crazy creditsanimal treatment disclaimer: "The producers wish to advise that no puppets were killed or maimed during the production of this film."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Reaction & Review: Meet the Feebles (2011)
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- El mundo de los Feebles
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- $750,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
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