The Muppets

Movie: The Muppets

Genre: animated comedy

Synopsis: It’s the Muppets – need I say more?  Actually, I do.  This takes place decades after the Muppet series.  All of the Muppets have split up and gone their separate ways.  Enter, a pair of brothers: Gary and Walter.  Gary (Jason Segal) and Walter (Peter Linz) – who looks an awful lot like a Muppet.  Walter has been a fanatical fan of the Muppets ever since he found some old tapes of their show. Gary is taking his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) to Los Angeles for a vacation.  They decide to take Walter with them so that he can see the old Muppet studio.  They discover that an evil businessman (Chris Cooper) is going to tear down the studio and drill for oil unless the Muppets can come up with $10 million.  So . . . they find Kermit and Kermit decides to get the old gang together and put on a show to raise the money.

My two cents: I loved this movie. Any Muppet fan should enjoy this.  Jason Segal was perfect for his role.  Chris Cooper makes a properly maniacal bad guy.  Just about all of the Muppet regulars are back, and the reunion scenes are great.    For example, they find Animal in an anger-management group therapy session (the group also had Jack Black as a member).  Animal is not allowed near drums any more – “drum” is his trigger word.  If you are any kind of a Muppet fan – you must see this.

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