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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

PG

Released Aug 22, 1987

1h 40m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Urchins Windy Winston, Foul Phil and Messy Tessie help a shopkeeper's (Anthony Newley) helper (Mackenzie Astin) woo a fashion designer (Katie Barberi).

Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Ill-considered kids.

Jul 18, 2005

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

Indisputably bargain-basement aside from the casting of Mackenzie Astin.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 13, 2005

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Caryn James

New York Times

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is enough to make you believe in strict and faraway boarding schools.

Rated: 1/5

May 20, 2003

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...has the reputation as one of the worst films ever made; it’s certainly one of the most misguided. Doubling down on the bodily functions...there’s also a strange sexualisation here that makes for a very uncomfortable watch

Rated: 1/5

Jan 29, 2024

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie proudly belongs at the very bottom of the trash can.

Dec 8, 2021

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Richard Freedman

Newhouse News Service

What Garbage amounts to is just that: an ugly, brutal, humorless exploitation flick.

Rated: 0/4

Nov 5, 2019

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Alexander T

Why is this movie so hated on? It’s not even that bad. The last time I watched it was a few years ago, but I remember liking it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/19/25

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Aroara L

I love this movie, I'm pretty upset I can't find where to watch this movie anywhere!!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/10/25

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Jessica D

If this film was a person, and was trapped in a burning building, and I had the choice between saving myself or him, I’m getting my fat butt out of that building!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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austin f

Never watched it but the other reviews were mean

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/25

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Kickstarter N

The epitome of gross-out humor at its worst paired with a completely dreadful and uninteresting story and "characters," The Garbage Pail Kids Movie fails to accomplish anything but leave the viewer asking "who was this made for?" 'More like, belongs in the trash!'

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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Josh G

"It's a mid-budget 80s film based on a popular kids franchise, how bad could it be?" Lord, I wish I wasn’t so curious. This film is easily the worst I’ve seen in my life. The plot is almost nonexistent, the attempts at humor never get a laugh, the Garbage Pail Kids look totally creepy & have basically zero personality aside from burping, puking, farting, etc., theres a bit where a grown woman nibbles a minor’s ear (…WHAT?!) and worst of all, the film even undermines its own moral of “ugly only exists in spirit”. Avoid.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/30/24

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Rod Amateau

Director

Anthony Newley

Cap'n Mancini

Mackenzie Astin

Dodger

Katie Barberi

Tangerine

Rod Amateau

Writer

John Pound

Writer

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Synopsis

Urchins Windy Winston, Foul Phil and Messy Tessie help a shopkeeper's (Anthony Newley) helper (Mackenzie Astin) woo a fashion designer (Katie Barberi).

Director: Rod Amateau
Producer: Rod Amateau
Screenwriter: Rod Amateau, John Pound
Distributor: Atlantic Releasing
Production Co: Atlantic Entertainment Group
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 1987, Original
Release Date (DVD): Aug 1, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA): $661.5K
Runtime: 1h 40m