Ladybugs

Episode 142: Ladybugs (1992)

Theme: Lady Movies Month
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis revisit Ladybugs — the movie that proves not every early-90s comedy deserves nostalgia, but some still cling to our brains like a VHS tape that’s too sticky to throw away. Imagine Mrs. Doubtfire, Little Giants, Some Like It Hot, and an after-school special about HR violations all mashed together and you’ll have a good sense of this one. It’s a film that wants to be wholesome… and then swerves hard into “absolutely not” every five minutes.

Join your two favorite let’s-never-watch-this-again-ologists as they unpack:

• How Rodney Dangerfield somehow plays a man who gets no respect and deserves none of it.

• Matthew’s transformation into “Martha,” the world’s least-disguised disguise, complete with a wig that fools literally everyone.

• A tween soccer team that’s so bad it becomes Denver’s top sports headline.

• Kimberley’s dad, who drinks martinis at youth games like he’s scouting the Premier League.

• A championship finale that seems to cure lying, rebuild relationships, earn job promotions, and resolve geopolitical conflict.

From inappropriate jokes to unfortunate wigs, from pool-party chaos to a final line begging for respect, Oz and Curtis break down a movie that has aged like milk in July. It’s clunky, it’s cringey, and yet… somehow still exactly the kind of movie two hosts would sacrifice themselves to recap so you don’t have to rewatch it.

Final Verdict

Oz — 3 penalty kicks (missed them all)
Curtis — “Gross.”
Both — United in believing this is more unsettling than movies that try to be unsettling.