Meet the Feebles is a 1989 New Zealand black comedy film directed by Peter Jackson, and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, and Danny Mulheron. It features Jim Henson-esque puppets in a perverse comic satire. Like Henson's Muppets, the Feebles are animal-figured puppets (though some are people in suits) who are members of a stage troupe. However, whereas Henson's Muppets characterize positivity, naïve folly, and innocence, the Feebles present negativity, vice, and other misanthropic characteristics.
A commercial failure on release, the film won new viewers following Jackson's success with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. During his acceptance speech at the 2004 Academy Awards, Jackson mentioned Feebles, noting that it had been "wisely overlooked by the Academy."
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