The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

Bought for my GF, not really my cup of tea but it passed the time and she enjoyed it.

I got this because I loved the film when I was a kid. I still love it. My husband seen it for the first time and hated it. Tough for him because our son now loves the Garbage Pail Kids thanks to the new books by R.L. Stine (who I also loved as a kid). This is now fastly becoming one of his favourite films.

OK, I didn't have great expectations about this films and was warned it was the worst film EVER. However, it isn't the worst film ever but its probably a good rival for it.For those not familiar or too young to remember, the garbage pail kids were a brand of cards that was going around every school in the US and UK in the mid to late 1980's. Each card had a character with a silly name like Messy Tessy, Up Chuck, Dead Ted etc...For this film they have chosen 8 of these characters which are basically short actors in fat suits. Windy WInston breaks wind, Vomit Valarie vomits, nerdy Ned pees his pants.... you get the idea.THe 'story' if I can call it that, sees the Garbage pail kids released from their pail and offer to help a boy get the girl (who looks about 10 years older than him and has the biggest hair you have ever seen). Shes a fashion designer wannabe you see and people flock to buy her trashy 80's gear - however her current bioyfriend is bullying the lead boy.I did love the 80's retro music, reminded me of Beverly Hills Cop.It all gets rather silly especially when the "State of the Ugly" taskforce are out to capture ugly people (like the garbage pail kids) so they can lock them up and destory them.There isn't anything to recommend really unless you want to see it for nostagic reasons. It isn't funny or entertaining but its not boring either. It's just "meh".No extras on this bare bones disc.Into the garbage pail this goes.

As a kid I loved this movie. We spent weeks drawing characters and collecting trading cards.The film is bad but in such a good way. It angered parents at the time for its rude crude themes. The acting is horrific (besides Dodger and Captain Manzinie). The effects are cheap and the musical number at the halfway point is cringe as you releasing the GPK are stealing from a store.But what it lacks in good cinema it makes up for in sheer fun. It has charm and 80's nostalgia.Maybe it's the kid in me remembering it fondly but compared to what is uber politically correct in kids movies today it's nice to remember one that did things differently.

this is a very good movie i don't know what the other reviewers problem is with the age gap an how this is sme sort of pedo thing i wonder what he thinks of star wars with Luke an leia's insesterious relationship but no they aren't puppets just small people in rubber suit's for the time an now i think they hold up pretty good an how can they say their is no plot i must have seen a completely different film to them is all i can think off.

Brings back great memories of watching this when I was a little girl 30 ish years ago.

I had this film on video when it was first released and although nobody now knows who the garbage pail kids are they are the grosser version of the cabbage patch dolls the film has been copied well onto dvd it is not for the serious film collector but if you want to laugh at the cheap special effects and rubber suits and toilet humour then buy it you might be surprised.

watched these when I was a kid and now I have a 5 year old and 15 they both like watching them the youngest likes them more she calls them puppet things lol but well worth the money and a good watch if you,ve never seen them before you should watch them it,s one for all family and if you have you already no what your buying good movie still good to watch eaven now