The Muppets

2011 • 102 amaminithi

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Muppet domination continues with a hilarious new movie from Walt Disney Studios. Jason Segel, Academy Award®-nominee Amy Adams and Academy Award®-winner Chris Cooper join everyone's favorite Muppets and an all-star celebrity cast in a comic adventure for the whole family. While on vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, his brother Gary, and friend Mary uncover the diabolical plot of a greedy oil millionaire to destroy the Muppet Theater. Now, the Muppet-loving trio must reunite Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and their friends to stage the greatest Muppet telethon ever and save their beloved theater.

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If you could only watch one Muppets film, this is the one to watch. It's focused on all the great references from the first movie, "Takes Manhatten", and the original show while leaving out all the so-so stuff. There's just so much incredible charm, nostalgia, musical numbers and celebrity cameos in this film. I couldn't see anyone having anything but a great time watching this film and is fine for ages 1 to 110.

Quite a dissapointment. There was so much praise for this movie I had high hopes. Jason Stegl and Amy Whatsherface were awkward as the grinned fakely at the camera. Half of the Muppet voices were pretty cringe worthy especially Kermits. Most of the movie Kermit's face was over acting and he just seemed like a wishy washy push over. There was only really one good original song in the film and that was only just okay. Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly I suppose) this movie felt like a rehash of the old movies. This seems to be Disney's MO with aquired franchises, create a passable reproduction of an original and try to get both old fans exited as well as hook in a new audience.

This movie shows an undeniable love for The Muppets. When making a movie full of nostalgia, you gotta be careful, because it's easy to cross a bad line where the references feel like the point. I don't think this movie does that. There are lots of callbacks to be sure, but there's so many tiny little details and new elements that it feels more like a love letter than a cash grab. And ultimately, it's a movie about embracing who you've become, not what you were. That's more than hollow nostalgia.