Meet The Feebles

Year: 1989

Grade: B-

Country: New Zealand

Director: Jackson

Review

this is one of those movies that stands on its own. first of all there aren’t many puppet films out there. secondly, there aren’t any as outrageous as this one. it really has to be seen to be fully appreciated. i couldn’t do it any justice by describing it. that being said, it’s not the finest peter jackson film. dead alive, and even bad taste, are better than this one, but meet the feebles does strengthen his resume for those who are brave enough to sit through it. meet the feebles lacks the consistency of bad taste or dead alive…jackson just hadn’t refined his craft yet. it’s totally gross and doesn’t really hold much, if anything, back. the style is uniquely jacksonian – with the active handheld camera, the organ heavy score and buckets of blood and other bodily fluids.  in other words, it’s great stuff for peter jackson fans.