The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Tags: cult, humor

Plot synopsis:
A garbage can spaceship is seen flying near Earth. The same garbage can is then shown inside an antique shop owned by Captain Manzini. A boy named Dodger is being assaulted by four older teenage bullies in a park. Juice, the leader, steals Dodger's money and drops him in a puddle. Dodger goes to Manzini's antique shop where he works. Manzini takes Dodger's clothes and cleans them while warning him to stay away from the garbage can. Later, Dodger sees Tangerine, Juice's girlfriend, who seems to be the most compassionate one towards Dodger, and tries to persuade her to buy something. Dodger is attracted to Tangerine and covertly smells her hair while she is distracted. The other bullies enter the shop and attempt to rough up Dodger again, but he manages to outwit them. However, amidst the tussle, the garbage can is knocked over. The bullies then bring Dodger into a sewer, handcuff him to a rail, and open a sewage pipe on him. Dodger is saved by little mysterious people named the Garbage Pail Kids.
Manzini returns and is upset that the Garbage Pail Kids have been released from their can, but introduces Dodger to each of them: Greaser Greg is a leather jacket-clad greaser with a violent attitude; Messy Tessie is a girl with a constantly runny nose; Windy Winston is an insane boy who wears a Hawaiian shirt and often farts violently; Valerie Vomit is a girl who throws up on command; Foul Phil is a whining hungry baby with halitosis who constantly asks characters if they are his "mommy" or "daddy"; Nat Nerd is an obese acne-riddled boy who poorly dresses up like a superhero and wets his pants frequently; and Ali Gator, the group's natural leader, is an anthropomorphic half person/half alligator who has an appetite for human toes. Manzini explains that the kids are forbidden from going in public, because they'll be attacked by the "normies" (normal people), and that he can't get the kids to go back into the garbage can without magic.
The next day, Dodger goes with Tangerine to a night club where she sells clothes she designed herself. Dodger behaves awkwardly when Tangerine removes her shirt to sell it. Dodger then hides when Juice shows up. Meanwhile, the Kids then steal a Pepsi truck, flatten Juice's car with it, and then have a camp fire in an alley with stolen food. The next morning, the Garbage Pail Kids recover from hangovers and give Dodger a jacket they sewed. The jacket impresses Tangerine who asks Dodger to get more clothes so she can sell them. The Kids make more clothes for Dodger after stealing a sewing machine and singing a song about working together but then get bored and decide to wear disguises to go out in public. Valerie, Phil, Greg, Nat and Tessie go to a theater playing Three Stooges shorts and behave obnoxiously. Ali and Winston go to a bar where they start a fight with bikers, who are soon won over by the Kids' heroics, in which they celebrate with beers. Tangerine sells the clothes and begins to prepare for a fashion show based on them. She meets the Kids and is repulsed by them, but realizes she can take advantage of their designs.
The night of the fashion show, Tangerine locks the Kids in the basement of the antique shop so that they don't escape, and soon, they are captured by Juice and his gang who bring them to the State Home for the Ugly, a prison where people too ugly for society are brought and executed. People there include the "too fat" Santa Claus, the "too bald" Gandhi, and the "too skinny" Abraham Lincoln. Manzini and Dodger help them escape and head to the fashion show. The Garbage Pail Kids trash the fashion show and rip the clothes off the models, while Dodger gets in a fight with Juice. Juice and his gang are later arrested and it is implied that they may now finally be locked away in prison for a good while. Later that night, Tangerine apologizes to Dodger and asks to be his friend, but Dodger doesn't accept her apology for her greed. Captain tries to sing the Garbage Pail Kids' song backwards to coax them back into the garbage can, but the Kids sneak out and ride stolen ATVs away to cause more havoc.

Review: I decided to find this movie and watch it because I hadn't seen it since it first come out, and I was sure I enjoyed it as a kid- What was wrong with me!!!
As a lover of movies, I sat down to see The Garbage Pail Kids Movie after hearing from so many people how bad it was.
The humour was also very grotesque, I know the cards are quite grotesque, and movies like Freddy Got Fingered had grotesque and very unsubtle humour, but The Garbage Pail Kids Movie takes the whole meaning of the word "grotesque" to a whole new level and in a bad way.
Juice and Tangerine are underdeveloped and clichéd, and Ali Gator, Greaser Greg and Nat Nerd are unlikeable and I think ugly characters with voices that have haunted me in my sleep since seeing the movie last night.
Like many movies based on TV shows or toys, they just made up a bull crap plot line that is incredibly hard to follow, not because its bad, but because most of those in the theater are probably throwing up or cringing.That being said the film is GROSS.
Now I know the cards are gross, but the film apparently thought that no one else knew that so they constantly remind us that the garbage pail kids are INCREDIBLY gross by having them fart, eat toes, play with snot, pee on the ground, you name it.
Yes, I know the kids are supposed to be ugly, but they gave me quite an uncomfortable feeling through out the film, but the awkwardness is made worst by the fact that there's PEOPLE in this costumes, allowing for more creepiness.I'm amazed that this movie did not appear on At the Movies with Siskel and Ebert, because this is easily worse than North or BattleField Earth.
Thank God I Grew Up. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) 1/2 (out of 4) I must admit that I was seven years old when this movie came out.
I believe I watched it a couple more times when it first hit VHS but I haven't seen it since....until this latest viewing.What did I think of the film twenty-two years after being a kid who loved it?
The story pretty much as the Garbage Pail Kids coming to the aid of a weak boy (Mackenzie Astin) who might just be getting taken advantage of by a girl (Katie Barberi) he has a crush on.
The term "bad special effects" does not even begin to cover the creepiness of the Garbage Pail kids themselves, with creepy corpse-like eyes and gaping mouths.
Their ugly physical appearances are matched by their horrible inner appearances, spending the entire movie stealing, looting, vandalizing vehicles, beating up random people in a bar, puking on people, and other such rude acts that would land any other person in jail (and these are the heroes).2) This movie seriously piles on one unfunny potty-joke after another, making many people sick to their stomachs from all the gross-out humor.
I'm sure some people might think it's *hilarious* to see random pedestrians being covered in projectile vomit or see the zit-covered nerdy Garbage Pail kid pee his pants for the twentieth time, but I personally find this humor WAY to nauseating for my tastes.3) The message of the movie is SERIOUSLY contradictory to what we our shown, with the message being to not judge others on their physical appearances and to instead look at what is inside each person.
Some people might actually like this film, but I personally suggest that you don't even give this painful movie a second glance before running for the hills..
I'm also very generous in my reviews (I gave Troll 2 a 5/10 for goodness sake!) but there is no comparison, this movie is by far the worst thing in film history.
This ranks as one of the worst movies ever made.It's even worse than Plan 9 from outer space ,Tank girl ,Good burger ,Ricky 1 and Bratz.I almost passed out when watching this.It's so horrible even my DVD player tried not to play it.The memories of cinematic awfulness will haunt me until I die and probably beyond the grave to.A movie based on a card game can never be good.Which is why this should never of been made in the first place!!Even the title is lame.It does not even qualify as a movie.Every day I wish this never existed..
I subjected them to everything from 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' to 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'My piece dah rezistence was 'The Garbage Pail Kids Movie'.This movie is so bad, it is almost impossible to find.It makes 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 look like Citizen Kane'.Please release this on DVD.
When going through Nostalgia Critic Month, I guess it's only fitting that I would be watching what Doug himself considers to be the worst movie ever made, the Garbage Pail Kids Movie.
I actually myself wished that the Critic would review it in the early days and I got what I wanted.I remember watching his review and immediately thinking that this was the worst movie he had ever reviewed and I knew he'd say it was.
It does look like we're going to see more of the Garbage Pail Kids as they reference some others.
They were so popular that someone somewhere thought, "What if we took this shallow concept completely dependent on making fun of another property and turn it into a feature length film?" It's notable that the Cabbage Patch people never actually tried to go that far (or at least, never succeeded).What we got was an ill-conceived dumpster fire that is an abject failure in every way conceivable.
The Garbage Pail Kids sing a song, that means somebody had to come up with lyrics and music, like that was some one's life and all that's left to mark its place is a hideous song devoid of beauty or feeling.
Literally all the movie needed to be was a list of all and a description of each Garbage Pail Kid, almost like a wildlife documentary.
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is a 1987 Cult Film Directed By Rod Amateau.
The main Garbage Pail Kids each have their own unique disgusting traits, like farting, puking, peeing, popping pimples, looking like an alligator, etc.
I think the worst funniest part of the movie is where the kids sing that "we can do anything by working with each other" as they steal machines to help Dodger impress Tangerine (Her boyfriend's name is Juice).
Greaser Greg was the most praised of the GPKs, unfortunately kids are supposed to look up to him, i'm pretty sure he pulls out a switchblade on people at least 6 times in the movie, great example.
And the Garbage Pail Kids were pretty cool, since they came in the form us trading cards, and they were characters with all sorts of crude powers or characteristics, however you want to define it.
As many viewers have already commented, I would rate this somewhere lower than much of the junk films on the bottom 100 list on IMDb.There was a Garbage Pail Kids cartoon that was to be aired on CBS in 1988, the year after this movie was released.
Why did that biker gang punk always throw him in the mud---as if he couldn't take the kid's money in an easier way.Don't watch this movie unless you first rid yourself of any type of analytical state of mind.
I certainly wouldn't say this movie is a classic, even having been one of the children that collected the disgusting gross-out Garbage Pail Kids cards.
If I was going to watch a movie like that, I'd rather stick with the somewhat amusing "Meet the Feebles."  No, "Garbage Pail Kids" is not a great movie, but it's definitely not the worst I've ever seen.
I remember actually finding the movie to be hilarious when i was eight years old..the superficial 90's made me view it again..This time watching it in the 90's, i realized that i must have been in a crack induced coma to have liked this in this in the past!
Dodger must confront the struggles of life as he is visited by the Garbage Pail Kids and intimidated by some older bullies.Although apparently later owned by Orion and then MGM, this film was originally produced and distributed by Atlantic Entertainment Group.
Caryn James of The New York Times called the film "too repulsive for children or adults of any age", and it sits very, very low on both Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb. This abysmal (and fair) criticism aside, 2015-2016 welcomed a small resurgence of Garbage Pail Kids, with new cards coming out, and a very positive retrospective written in HorrorHound magazine.
A lower-lever trading card such as the Garbage Pail Kids is hardly likely to make great cinema.
If this sort of thing cannot appeal to you (I have broad tastes and I'm a bit too understanding of flawed films) then don't even bother watching.I wanted to rent this movie when I was a kid but my grandmother (who always evaluated the videos first) thought it looked quite inappropriate (I subsequently went for Rambo: First Blood Part II, which she thought was more fitting for a 7-year-old).
Luckily (if you like this sort of thing) MGM bought the rights, found a dusty print and spruced it up to give us a brand new digital incarnation of The Garbage Pail Kids Movie.
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is certainly nothing like The Dark Crystal or even Ewoks: Caravan of Courage.
This movie has it all; the hunt to save the Garbage Pail Kids from the "State Home for the Ugly," flat-chested fat girl gangs, homo-biker groups and special effects that can be made under anybody's kitchen sick.
The "kids" all look retarded because they can't close their mouths and the same goes for the wimpy fellow (Mackenzie Astin) who befriends the puppets who continually piss on themselves, vomit and "want to party." This trash-movie was solely pushed towards pimply-faced twelve-year-olds in 1987.
If You Liked This Then You Probably Relate To Living In A Garbage Can. This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
Having watched "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie", I should feel as if I've lost my appetite forever.
The Garbage Pail Kids film is about fashionable clothing!
More disgusting than the pathetically tame Garbage Pail Kids who, and I'm not making this up, actually have a sing-along number wherein they sing about the joys and benefits of teamwork and helping people.
Honestly, what little boy who enjoyed little cards of pudgy little girls bleeding to death and disgusting corpses doing stuff would want to watch a puny little movie about teamwork, loving the ugly, and 80's fashion?
My mom had picked me and my sisters up a bunch of the cards at the flea market and when she gave them to me I did not know who the heck they were but she told me I loved them when I was little.Just a few days ago I was flicking threw channels and came across The Garbage Pail Kids movie so decided to watch it and I think it is OK and my 18 month old son and 4 year old cousin loved it.It is something that I would not mind seeing again but not something I would watch over over but I do think I'm going to go buy the movie for my son and my little cousin because they seemed to like it a lot.Also I have something to say to Tyler from Canada.
The fact that this movie is based on the Garbage Pail Kids trading card decks makes all the more hateful.
The character motives from the bullies, since they do appear in most movies sadly, are stupid, the timelines don't add up, the acting is mediocre, and the puppets look like they came from Jim Henson Productions, and put into the microwave when they arrived.
The movie takes an even weirder turn as the GPK turn out to be excellent at designing gaudy '80s fashions, which helps the kid impress an older girl he likes.
We're in some kind of "elves and the shoemaker" story now so it's best just to stop talking about the plot before we get a headache.The Garbage Pail Kids sticker cards were a huge part of my childhood, particularly around the age of 7 or 8.
The garbage pail kids looked exactly like the ones from the trading cards.
What kind of those names did those stupid writers come up with for human characters.), the garbage pail kids can easily sew some clothes, and more.The sets are lame and so hideous.
It also has some generic, uninspiring, and lifeless music and the song "We Can Do Anything" was terrible and a "Heigh-Ho" knockoff.Overall, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is without a doubt one of the worst movies in the history in cinema and pure trash.
That dubious honor goes to "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie," which started as a Topps Trading Card set that was a parody of the chunky, cherubic Cabbage Patch Kids.
I mean were suppose to like the garbage pail kids and I just wanted them to go away.
If you were a boy growing up in the 1980s, you likely collected the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards.
To make an effective Garbage Pail Kids movie, I'm thinking it would have had to have been very surreal, and much much more grotesque.
So instead, you get a really bad story about some kid who likes an older chick who is a fashion designer, and wants to impress her.
A complete disgrace of the Garbage Pail Kids cards, and of movies as well!.
"The Garbage Pail Kids Movie" does all of that!
A powerful depiction of a herd of children's coming of age, The Garbage Pail Kid's Movie is difficult to watch, but more difficult to dismiss.
last year i received it as a valentine present and its the best yet my children sit and watch it with me and although the quality's not up to much and acting is to be laughed at i cant but love it with all my heart.many a Sunday i would watch garbage pail kids and wished i had my own snot filled toe eating pooping clothes designers, but Alas i never did and why were the bullies in the film about 30 years old??
Guilty Pleasure or Not. I remember seeing this flick when I was a kid years ago and recently seeing it on DVD brought back the old memories of collecting the old trading cards featuring everybody's favorite GPK Adam Bombhead.The movie has its good qualities like the characters, the plot, and believe it on not the puppet work on the Garbage Pail Kids.
it took me 2 years to find a copy and wuz worth the wait.hated by many people,the garbage pail kids movie is actually a good.yes the plot needs some working,but what do you accept from a movie based on some cool trading cards.the acting is very good i think mackenzie astin and anthony newly did well and katie barbi as the good/bad tangerine was pretty good.the garbage pail kids make-up was good even though some goofs were spotted(hint:the hands).its a typical plot boy meets girl,gross kids help boy imprise girl by making clothes etc.its a dumb plot but ignore it and you will do fine.it was a big faliure at the theatres(1 million only)but many kids enjoy.adults will hate it though.so sit down grab some popcorn and watch the movie of the garbage pail kids!9 out of 10!!!.
There are bad movies, and then there are the Garbage Pail Kids.
The owner (Anthony Newley, the only person who looks like he's trying) says to this kid not to open a Garbage pail and compares it to Pandora's Box. When he gets bullied by the thirty year olds again (Seriously!
I love The Garbage Pail Kids Movie!!!
I have loved the Garbage Pail Kids since 1985 when the sticker cards came out.
"The Garbage Pail Kids Movie" is about those would-be lovable titled dolls (which I hated back in those days as well) and their misadventures outside of the trash world.
A film that wasn't very good on it's own, but when you look at the fact that it came from some of the best (and now) classic trading cards, you have to wonder, can the movies called a CLASSIC?
It's a movie about the hugely popular trading card characters, The Garbage Pail Kids.
If you hate this movie, you must have been compared to the garbage pail kids when you were young.
What makes the Garbage Pail Kids movie so great is the fact that never in a million years would a film like this be made in todays PC market.
If this were made today for a children's audience, the Garbage Pail Kids would have been cute little CGI renders like the dreadful Alvin and the Chipmunks movie.
There's also some silly side plots about the kids going to bars, getting in with the toughs, all of whom look like they just got done filming the Michael Jackson "Bad" video, the "romantic interest" between the loser and the stuck up fashion designer.
I'm sorry but I never heard of Garbage Pail Kids or the trading cards.
Nostalgia has never been so appalling as Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie..
besides the fact that the kids themselves make chucky from "child's play" look like a care bear and they're disgusting as hell, this movie contains the two stupidest plots ever integrated into a film.
"The Garbage Pail Kids Movie" is an insult to cinema itself.
This is where the hypocritical moral starts as the Garbage Pail Kids are overall bad people that would be going to jail in the universe the film is set in whether they were ugly or not.