Joe's Apartment
JOE'S APARTMENT (12)
D: John Payson
Warner Bros./Geffen/MTV (Diana Phillips & Bonni
Lee)
US 1996
80 mins
Comedy
W: John Payson [based on his short film
screenplay]
DP: Peter Deming
Ed: Peter Frank
Mus: Carter Burwell
Jerry O'Connell (Joe), Megan Ward (Lily), Jim Turner (Walter
Shit), Jim Sterling (Jesus Bianco), Robert Vaughn (Senator Dougherty)
One-joke comedy which may have worked better as an MTV short,
but as a feature it's stretched well beyond breaking point.
Jerry O'Connell moves into a new apartment which he must share
with hundreds of singing & dancing cockroaches. He also has problems with his evil landlord and his prissy girlfriend, but who cares?
At 80 minutes it's pretty short for a feature film, but
considering its story (or lack of) it's still 60 minutes too long.
2/10
