THE MUPPETS Review
Walter, the biggest Muppet fan ever, and his friend’s Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA; travel to Los Angeles for a vacation, with great hopes to see the Muppet Theater. However, their dreams are shattered when they arrive; they discover that an evil oil man, Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) plans to drill for the oil that was found beneath the Muppet Theater. When Kermit founds out about this awful ploy, he panics and recruits Walter, Gary and Mary to help gather the Muppet gang for a telethon; hoping to raise the $10 million needed to save the theater. THE MUPPET’S is a hilarious entertaining movie for the whole family!!
Rating: 5 out of 5 buckets
Release Date: March 20, 2012
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: Any age
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Mild
See a clip of my review here, plus a review of Hugo!
Talking Points:
I grew up with the Muppets, as I’m sure many of you have too. Basically the film is about getting the gang back together; Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal and all the rest of the Muppet characters. Each character has moved on and have their own careers, which was fun and entertaining to see. Especially Miss Piggy, who works at a top fashion magazine in Paris with Emily Blunt, from The Devil Wears Prada, as her assistant.
I loved the cultural references and the great 70’s and 80’s music; the movie opens with the original version of Paul Simon’s 1972 hit “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,”a song I’ve always loved, another favorite song was Starship’s 1985,“We Built This City.” The original classic Muppet songs were sang as well.
The movie was filled with an all-star cast, besides our favorite Muppet characters, to name a few; Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Jack Black and Rashida Jones. There were Cameo’s of Zach Galifianakis, Selena Gomez, Whoopi Goldberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman, and Rico Rodriguez, who play Manny from Modern Family.
Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary ( Amy Adams) play 2 very naive, innocent characters, ones you imagine seeing dancing on Disney’s Main Street. It brought on a great Disney feeling, of innocence and fun.
Sexual Content: Mild
- Women wear bikinis
- Character’s kiss
Violent Content: Mild
- Jack Black’s character is in an anger management class, he starts a brawl by punching other characters.
- A TV show called “Punch Teacher,” was shown in the movie, where we see a student punching a teacher.
- The evil oil man gets angry and throws a sword through a television set.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- They say, “fart,” while a character wears fart shoes. The kids in the theater found that very funny.
Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild
- Characters are shown drinking alcohol.
- Hobo Joe was at the telethon, you don’t see him drinking, but it’s implied that he’s drunk.
Overall, THE MUPPET’s was a very funny and entertaining movie. Even if you weren’t a Muppet fan growing up, it’s not too late; take your kids to the theater, and maybe they’ll become a fan too. This is an appropriate movie for any age, even adults!
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