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The Muppet Movie
A story of Kermit - the Frog who is persuaded to pursue a career in Hollywood attempt to find success with his friends & colleagues
17 January 1933, New York City, New York, USA
27 March 1940, Warren, Ohio, USA
18 June 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3 November 1963, New York City, New York, USA
12 July 1908, New York City, New York, USA
13 October 1939, Hope, Arkansas, USA
10 September 1959, Oakland, California, USA
21 January 1922, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
3 August 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 July 1934, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
August 15, 2013
while The Muppet Movie is certainly entertaining, the shift to a coherent, linear, feature-length narrative deprives the film the show's brilliantly structured inanityAugust 02, 2013
'The Muppet Movie' is one big road trip, and like 'The Blues Brothers' there's a payoff not just at the end, but around nearly every corner. Music only sweetens the deal.May 06, 2008
Jim Henson, Muppet originator, and Frank Oz, creative consultant, have abandoned the successful format of their vidshow, and inserted their creations into a well-crafted combo of musical comedy and fantasy adventure.May 09, 2005
There's always room in movies for unbridled amiability when it's governed by intelligence and wit.May 06, 2008
The transition from the yank-'em-off-if-they-bomb lunacy of the TV show to the coherent narration of the film is not a complete success.June 01, 2015
With charm for the kids and in-jokes for their parents (when Kermit's bicycle gets mangled, he quips, "I thought I was gone with the Schwinn"), Muppet creator Jim Henson tries to give everybody a little something.February 09, 2006
Slapstick chases and weak movie references look tired, while the attitude towards Miss Piggy and Camilla the Chicken is, well, less than progressive.August 13, 2013
With his Muppets, Henson found a balance between fuzzy post-hippie positivism and self-deprecating wit, and he added in the same quality that made many of the era's cultural phenomena so charming: simple problem-solving.June 01, 2015
Jolson sang, Barrymore spoke, Garbo laughed, and now Kermit the Frog rides a bicycle... If you can figure out how they were able to show Kermit pedaling across the screen, then you are less a romantic than I am: I prefer to believe he did it himself.November 25, 2011
This isn't about one sock puppet's search to be all that he can be. It's about a community combining their talents to bring joy to the world.