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Meet the Feebles

Meet the Feebles

Comedy · Music · Fantasy · 1989

Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Vietnam flashbacks, drug dealing, and murder.

Movie details

Meet the Feebles

“Welcome to the jungle!”

1989 Comedy · Music · Fantasy 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Vietnam flashbacks, drug dealing, and murder.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Peter Jackson

Written by

Peter Jackson · Stephen Sinclair · Fran Walsh · Danny Mulheron

Donna Akersten

Donna Akersten

Samantha the Cat / The Sheep (voice)

Stuart Devenie

Stuart Devenie

Sebastian / Dr. Quack / Daisy the Cow / Sandy the Chicken (voice)

Mark Hadlow

Mark Hadlow

Heidi / Robert / Barry the Bulldog (voice)

Brian Sergent

Brian Sergent

Wynyard the Frog / Trevor the Rat / The Fly (voice)

R

Ross Jolly

Harry / Dennis / Abi Bargwan / Mr. Big / Pekingese / others (voice) (uncredited)

Peter Vere-Jones

Peter Vere-Jones

Bletch / Arfur the Worm (voice)

Mark Wright

Mark Wright

Sid the Elephant / The Cockroach / Louie the Fish (voice)

Court is in session

Put Meet the Feebles on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.