The Muppets: Quick Review

Wow, over a year after creating this site, and I'm going to try my first movie review: The Muppets.

I know it's now animation as we think of it, but the term "Animate" means to bring to life, and that's exactly what they do with The Muppets in this comeback movie.

Last I checked, this movie had close to %100 rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Many will attribute that to the fact that many fans were the first to go see it, and that we'll get a better rating after this weekend when most movie-goers will be out there. I don't think we'll see much of a change though. While I agree that this isn't everybody's cup of tea, I don't think the ratings are high because everybody is praising the movie. I think it's because nothing bad can be said about it.

While the muppets aren't popular, they've never quite been outdated. The movie presents those classic elements that were common not only in the muppet show, but in their movies too. They had musical numbers with choreography, classic slapstick physical humor, self referencing jokes, plenty of celebrity cameos, and they broke the 4th wall so many times the movie should've collapsed on itself. But it didn't.

And it never will. Because the Muppet movies are supposed to be silly, and make fun of everything in a way that kids aged 3 to 103 can understand. Thats what was expected, and that's what the audience got.

With a wonderful soundtrack, and plenty of humor to boot, I would recommend this movie to everybody looking to get a laugh over the holidays, and a nice serving of nostalgia.