I love the Muppets having grown up on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock in my youth. That childish adoration has turned into a confident adult appreciation of Kermit and co upon seeing A Muppet Christmas Carol in the early 90’s when I realised the screening was packed full of like minded grown ups with very silly brains.
Their latest excursion, The Muppets, pretty much follows the modern trend of doing a combined reboot and sequel, essentially reinventing the Muppets for a new generation while acknowledging their past history. Jason Segal, Amy Adams and new Muppet Walter are the viewpoint from which the movie is told from but there familiar Muppet cast of Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie and company are very much the centre of proceedings.
It has a great, inoffensive family friendly tone that is interwoven by the superior comic timing and post-modern irreverence that has consistently drawn an adult audience to the childish puppet premise. The film is full of surprises including a bunch of crowd pleasing cameos, huge song and dance numbers, Hollywood in-jokes and even a character arc for Animal.
If there's a downside it's that The Muppet Show itself, which takes up the last third of the movie practically stalls the films plot and isn't as entertaining as the scenes that preceded it, but this is only a minor complaint for a film which successfully reintroduces the likes of Gonzo and Rizzo to a new generation.
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