Jerry O'Connell plays a small town guy who moves to the big city. The premise of a thousand other movies. What sets this movie apart from other like movies is he moves into a dead womans apartment inhabited by roaches. Roachs that talk. Roachs that talk English. Roachs that talk English and sing and dance. It all came together in this little movie from MTV. Far from a classic, but it's always fun to watch the roaches do their thing. The songs, although not catchy, make you sit up and watch. Jerry plays a slob to the nth degree (and looks like he never washes his face) who must make it in New York on his own. He goes through several jobs ranging from a drummer in a rock band to a urinal puck replacer ( glad that's not my occupation!). Billy West, voice actor from Futurama, plays one of the roaches quite well. Billy was born to play a roach apparently. Nobody will ever confuse this movie with an all time great, but it is a fun little movie that never takes itself seriously.
Review of Joe's Apartment
