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When they make a Muppet movie, like uhm, THE Muppet Movie, it's like a time capsule of who was a recognizable celebrity at the time. 1979 feels extremely far away when the celebs are Dom DeLuise and Cloris Leachman, Elliott Gould and... Orson Welles!? But I'm a child of that decade, so these people were in movies, talk shows, Love Boat episodes, and of course some of them - Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Carol Kane, Mel Brooks - will never go out of fashion. Everybody wants to play with the Muppets, and that was as true when making their first movie as it is now. The movie presumes to tell the origin of the creature circus, through nonsense vaguely movie-inspired set pieces and pleasant songs - using "Rainbow Connection" (indeed, ORIGINATING it) as the key theme gives what is otherwise silly fluff a lot of poignancy - and I dunno, to me, it's all about Kermit making sure to tell Fozzie Bear he was funny after the screening. Piggy's right, he IS a good leader.

4 months 2 weeks ago

Emiam

4/10
So disappointing. I ecpected more. Nostalgy is the only reason to the high ratings. The Muppet Shows in general are far better, if u ask me. As an adult I did not laugh much. The best scene is when the newly painted Studebaker hides towards the big commercial paper screen aside the road // the Swede

1 year 1 month ago

devilsadvocado

The Muppets are everything that's wonderful and pure about show biz. Not sure if I would have laughed out loud so much as an adult, but rewatching this with my young kids, we were in stitches during many parts.

3 years 8 months ago

nicolaskrizan

on the rocky road towards elusive success

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8 years 10 months ago

essaywhu

This film is brilliant, and the Muppets are magical. The Rainbow Connection always hits me right in my heart. Jim Henson was a genius of Walt Disney proportions and the creations thought up by him and the people of his company will live on forever.

The thing about the film is that it isn't necessarily hilarious, but sweet and touching. The main muppets and especially Kermit are so fully realized that you forget they aren't autonomous beings. Their performers seem to disappear and you believe in them. Kermit is such a sweet, gentle soul and he's a bit of an underdog whose belief in himself is always slightly shaky, but he always finds the strength to come through in the end.

10 years ago