The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
by Rod Amateau
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Actor: Anthony Newley, Katie Barberi, Mackenzie Astin, Phil Fondacaro, Ron MacLachlanDirector: Rod Amateau
Brand: Sony
Writer: Rod Amateau
Producer: John Strong
Producer: Linda Palmer
Writer: Linda Palmer
Producer: Michael Lloyd
Producer: Michael Rosenblatt
Writer: John Pound
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-12
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
DVD Review: Conceding with Grace
Summary: 2 Stars
Something like "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie" makes it fruitless to complain for obvious reasons. If the name sounds like crap, and the film looks like crap, then it is, by definition, crap. But do I deserve to criticize the movie so foully when its identity is being foul? That's like complaining about a gnome for being short, Satan for being evil, or Robin Williams for being hyperactive. But does that mean I should give a pass and not bother getting bent over shape by its putridness? Not exactly.
I like to recall a movie that not many have seen. It's called Freaked, which is about freaks, and its impetus is to freak people out. However, that isn't all there is with that film, as it had hysterical jokes that are outside its shock value. The freaks are unique with compelling personalities about them, some have a good sense of wit, and few even have unpredictably funny backstories; plus, it has Keanu Reeves as a werewolf. It's a good cult classic, very enjoyable, and people should give this movie a chance. But shameless recommendation aside, the point is you can look like a duck and talk like a duck, but that doesn't necessarily mean you should act like a duck; in this movie, all the ugly ducklings did is keep quacking in hopes of being swans.
The film's about Dodger, your typical bullied wuss, who works at an antiqued store owned by Cpt. Manzini, a magician of endless proverbs...and hardly did any magic besides magically turning on a laundry machine. Manzini warned Dodger about not opening what he called 'Pandora's Pail', but the bullies taught him a lesson for being a protagonist and accidentally knocked the magical pail down, letting loose the abortions from the Cabbage Patch nursery. And my gosh, the design on those Kids look horrible, and their badly-functioned mouths make their lip-synching worse than a '80s anime dub. Here's the Garbage Gang: there's Greaser, the '50s punk with the voice of Tigger; Valerie, who regurgitates; Phil, the smelly one; Tessie, the snot-nosed girl; Windy, the flatulence master; Nat Nerd, the 'whiz' kid; and Ali Gator, the foot fetishist...or foot eater, whichever. Together, when they're not helping Dodger with his problems and finding their other friends in trash bins, they tried to see who can outgross the other (that's the premise of the movie).
Probably because I've seen an even grosser movie, it doesn't have a lot of 'eww' value as I thought. Valerie only vomited once, Windy's farts are colorless, Nat pees himself but everyone avoided it, and I don't even know what's so ugly about Phil. Matter of fact, if one could pinpoint the ugliest character of the movie, I say it'd be Dodger. He didsn't seem to care about going back to his real family, he exploited the talents of the Garbage Gang for his selfish gain, and he creepily stalked a way-older-than-him, gaudy fashion-designer named Tangerine; seriously, her clothes and fashion sense are even uglier than Nat Nerd. The Garbage Gang were at least selfless enough to make clothes for Dodger and nurse him when he's injured, and he decided to take advantage of their kindness? He's no better than Juice and his gang, the antagonists of the film, and albeit wooden and hilariously corny they were, they knew they're bullies.
I'm surprised I didn't hate "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie" as much I as anticipated. It does have a few charms to make it cult worthy (bad 80s quality, corny acting, campy songs worth gleeing), but I thought this is a lesser film. Not because of its ugliness, but because of how small and aimless it is. Probably due to budgetary reasons, but there's not much in the film to expand (locations, origins, etc.), and it can be very uneventual; much of the film's time is on the Gang fooling around for no reason, or fooling their way into a flag for a convenient future solution (the bikers from 'The Toughest Bar In The World'). Also, and this is a nitpick, there's a evil penitentiary called the State Home for the Ugly and it had Santa Claus locked on the second floor cage for being 'too fat'; wasted joke potential as it was, if he's too fat, wouldn't the floor collapsed him to the bottom in an instant?
It's a null film, but I'm proud to say it's watchable. Appalling as they appear, The Garbage Gang looked real, not horrible CGI characters that imitate Michigan J. Frog.
Description of The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
"Vile, smelly, rude, ugly" (Variety)your favorite grime bandits come to life with all thefarts, snot and vomit you can take in this hilarious cult classic full of "gross-out humor" (TheNew York Times). Based on the wildly popular and irreverent trading cards, The Garbage PailKidsÂ(r) Movie stars Mackenzie Astin ("The Facts of Life") as a perfectly nice teenagerwho discovers the Kids...to his disgust! When Dodger (Astin) accidentally releases the Kids from their magical trash can prison, all smell breaks loose. Despite their offensive personal habitsand attitude problemsDodger soon becomes fond of the Kids. But when Messy Tessie, Foul Phil, Valerie Vomit and the whole misfit crew join his fight against thuggish bullies, their efforts just might land them behind bars at the State Home for the Ugly!Bestsellers in DVD
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