History YMMV / TheApple

* {{Anvilicious}}: The film is an ''extremely'' unsubtle morality play depicting a very trippy version of the Book of Revelations.

** Also, Pandi rapes Alphie yet [[KarmaHoudini is the only sinner to get redeemed]]. [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale At no point does she actually get punished for or regret committing the rape]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The medley for "[[https://youtu.be/oEwAASfdxuo Coming]]" bears a striking resemblance to Music/DonnaSummer's "[[https://youtu.be/p3gMdjOjkVU Wasted]]", which predates ''The Apple'' by four years.

** Also, Pandi rapes the Alphie yet [[KarmaHoudini is the only sinner to get redeemed]]. [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale At no point does she actually get punished for or regret committing the rape]].

* TroubledProduction: On top of already being a production by Menahem Golan, who was notorious for treating directors, actors and crew badly if he was displeased, the shoot was acknowledged by most as [[https://www.slashfilm.com/542502/the-apple-oral-history/ being an absolute nightmare]], again due to Golan's influences and judgment.
** Most of the film's tonal problems and weaker elements -- the "action", the corny humor, the ending -- were the result of Golan tinkering with the script. The literal DeusExMachina of Mr. Topps ascending back to Heaven in a limo with his followers provoked Coby Recht and Iris Yohvat to cede all creative control on the project and go home.
--->'''Coby:''' Menahem knew that I hated it. I couldn't agree with it, you know, [in] a million years.\\
'''Iris:''' The ending, that was horrible for me. I mean, God walking up in the air in the sky with this Rolls Royce and all those things? What kind of an ending is that? What kind of a solution is that? I mean, I couldn't understand it. That was too much for me; that really broke me.\\
'''Coby:''' Finally I said to Menahem, "Listen, I'm going back to Israel. I'll get you whatever you want, but this is too much, you know?"
** The film suffered severe budgeting issues, being initially projected at $4 million but reputedly shooting to 10 by the time production wrapped. Due to Golan's tendency towards creative accounting (a Cannon staple, where movies were reported as costing much more or less than the reality), even the ''reported'' cost might not have been accurate.
** Despite being perfect for what Recht had envisioned for Bibi, Catherine Mary Stewart couldn't sing (or at least not as well as the rest of the cast), so Coby lied and claimed to Menahem, sight unseen, that she was fantastic. (Golan found out eventually, and flew Mary Hylan from Los Angeles to dub her.) Stewart later nearly missed shooting one morning after misreading a call sheet, causing Golan to scream at her in the makeup room for her irresponsible behavior.
** The "Paradise Day" sequence set in prehistoric Earth (introducing Mr. Topps, and centered around the creation of Alpha and Bibi) featured over a dozen scaled dinosaurs, and which Golan claimed cost a million on its own. Filming it was fraught with difficulty: one of the tigers got loose on the set, and the dinosaurs kept falling over. Eventually, after Golan agreed that it didn't work, it was scrapped; no footage or set photos have ever surfaced.
** Dov Hoening, a legendary editor and frequent Golan collaborator, was known for his stubbornness, which -- given that Golan was just as stubborn, if not moreso -- had already let to many arguments and fights between the two; on ''The Apple'', this escalated to actual ''physical'' fights. One day, Hoening was suddenly gone, and the explanation Golan gave Recht was that Dov had said a shot was out of focus (and would have to be done again), so Golan simply fired him instead. Coby and Iris were especially saddened by this, as Dov seemed to be the only one on set who'd understood what they'd originally set out to do. Alain Jakubowicz, Hoening's replacement, was optimistic about the opportunity, but mentioned that Menahem would always be on his case about removing anything, even though there was a million feet of film from over six cameras (which amounted to over ''3 hours'' of footage).

-->'''Coby:''' Menahem knew that I hated it. I couldn't agree with it, you know, [in] a million years.\\

* ValuesDissonance: As one modern critic noted, the film comes off as homophobic as Alphie tries to save Bibi from the "sinners", consisting mostly of the LGBTQ+ community, including a CampGay, crossdressers and transgender people.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Many a laugh was had at the expense of Pandi's "Coming for You", namely that the song isn't subtle at all about [[IntercourseWithYou what kind of "coming" it is referring to]]. However, one's enjoyment of the song can become a little awkward when one discovers that Grace Kennedy, the actress playing Pandi, caught the innuendo immediately and asked the filmmakers to change it to no avail, and was left in tears after performing it.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The medley for "[[https://youtu.be/MorPh6OKLaQ Coming for You]]" bears a striking resemblance to Music/DonnaSummer's "[[https://youtu.be/p3gMdjOjkVU Wasted]]", which predates ''The Apple'' by four years.

* ValuesDissonance: As one modern critic noted, the film comes off as homophobic since Alphie is trying to save Bibi from the "sinners" which made up mostly of members from the LGBTQ+ community including a CampGay, cross-dressers, and transgendered people.

** It was the film debut of Finola Hughes, a British actress who would go on to the ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' sequel ''Staying Alive'', star in the soap opera ''Series/GeneralHospital'', and play the mother of the protagonists in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''.