The Apple

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Mark K Ninetween eighty brought forth a new decade, Reagonomics, The Moral Majority and a pandemic. How fitting three of the worst films in history were released at the very beginning of the era. Xanadu and Can’t Stop the Music were more famous and expensive but The Apple has the distinction of being even more unwatchable than either of those two high profile misfires. Xanadu and Can’t Stop the Music are poorly scripted, badly directed, and feature unconvincing performances. Yet they at least have star power. The Apple is a futuristic musical set the distant 1994 (!) when a totalitarian government uses terrible disco style pop music to psychologically subdue the population until a group of hippies singing sensitive, mawkish ballads that the Carpenters would have rejected come to save civilization. That’s literally the story. There is no characterization, just archetypes speaking in deadpan, flat tone deft dialogue. Once the film starts confusion gives way to cringing. You almost feel bad for the cast but you as a viewer suffer the most. It is a hard watch. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/26/25 Full Review Marcus U The Apple is a movie I would never watch again. It's a film about two girls moving from Canada to compete in a music festival. It's a musical where all the songs are forgettable and disregarded, in my opinion. At times, I was cringing, struggling to get through some parts. The characters have no personality to them, and the overall plot did not make sense. The film at times tries to portray a serious tone, but it clashes with the drawn-out, unnecessary musical numbers and the exaggerated costumes and sets. The acting also did not impress me, due to factors such as poor writing, flat-out bad acting and bad direction. The over-the-top musical masked the themes the director was trying to get across, and it just didn't work. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Adrianna S This has to be the most horrible bizarre musical I have ever seen. I literally am asking myself what did I just even watch. This tries to be rock musical is a train wreck. The bad acting, confusing plot and glittery costumes almost makes you feel speechless of how cringing it is. The performance were over the top and with cheesy lyrics that makes you feel like you lost brain cells. Watching this felt like a punishment and over painfully bad film to try and sit through and take serious. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Diamond M Okay, The Apple is one of the weirdest movies I’ve ever seen, and somehow, I couldn’t look away. Its a musical from 1980 that tries to be a futuristic version of Adam and Eve story mixed with disco, glitter, and full on chaos. The songs are catchy in a so bad its good kind of way, and the costumes are absolutely absurd. Every scene feels like a fever dream, and the plot makes almost no sense what so ever but that what makes it so much fun to watch especially with a friend group. Its not a good movie in the normal sense but its hilarious and excessive and just so strange that it become a bit entertaining. If you like cult classics or movies that are so bad they’re good, the Apple is for you! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Kiara R When I first watched The Apple I thought it was ok, but I think overall for those that love cult cinema they will actually love this. For me I love dystopian movies and this one was an added item to dystopian films I have watched. I like the themes it has in the film overall. It has temptation, spiritual purity and control that are actively present. Some of the things that reminded me of it being somewhat campy is the music it had, while some people I know that have also watched the movie have said that they think of it as symbolizing it as the devil. Besides that overall, I would watch this movie if I had nothing else to watch or as background noise. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Anahit C The Apple had to be one of the weirdest films that I have watched for cult films. The dialogue was stiff and had no real connection with the emotions being portrayed. It seemed like the lines were filled with heavy handed metaphors which wasn't consistent throughout the film. The acting seemed very awkward which is maybe the comedic aspect of this film, its meant to be awkward and over the top. I am usually a big fan of musicals but this film was not giving what it was supposed to give with the idea of the film. The music was too much and did not match the films vibe. The costumes made me think all this was done on purpose.If you are into cult films this movie would be great to watch because of how different it is with other cult movies, but if cult films are not what you would choose this movie would not make you want to watch another cult movie again. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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