The Muppets
The Muppets make their long awaited return to the big screen. Starring and co-written by Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and featuring Oscar-winning music by Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie. When a nefarious oil tycoon (Chris Cooper) plans to raze Muppet Theater to drill for oil, uber-fan Gary (Segal) sets out with his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) to reunite the disbanded Muppet troupe in order to save it. Features numerous celebrity cameos including Mila Kunis, Zach Galifianakis, Emily Blunt, Jack Black and Ricky Gervais.
Winner of Best Original Song, 'Man or Muppet' by Bret McKenzie, at the 2012 Academy Awards.
2011Rating: G110 minsUSA
ComedyKids & FamilyKidsMusical
- Director:
- James Bobin ('Flight of the Conchords', 'Da Ali G Show')
- Writer:
- Jason SegelNicholas Stoller
- Cast:
- Kermit the FrogMiss PiggyFozzie BearJason SegelAmy AdamsChris CooperRashida JonesZach GalifianakisEmily BluntEd HelmsJohn KrasinskiSelena GomezNeil Patrick HarrisJack BlackRicky GervaisKaty PerryWhoopi GoldbergBilly CrystalAlan ArkinLiza MinnelliMickey Rooney
The Muppets / Reviews
Roger Ebert
A funny, wickedly self-aware musical that opens by acknowledging they've outlived their shelf life.
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Hollywood Reporter
A breezy, keen-to-please attitudes prevails, and director James Bobin (The Flight of the Conchords, Da Ali G Show for TV) moves things along with good cheer.
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A.V. Club
Henson's characters maintained an essential innocence while sending up the very idea of entertainment. They put on a show with quotation marks around it, but the irony never felt cynical. When it isn't getting bogged down in unearned sentiment, The Muppets gets that right.
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