The Muppets movie review

Just to be clear, this is a review of the 2011 The Muppets, not the 1979 The Muppet Movie.

Its time to play the music
Its time to light the lights
Its time to meet the muppets on the Muppet Show tonight.

There was a lot of worry about the Jason Segal revamp of The Muppets, especially after it was slammed by Frank Oz. When the last of the major Muppet creators slams the project, it’s never a good sign. But I was pleasantly surprised. Rather than go back and show an origin (which would have basically been a retelling of The Muppet Movie), Segal (co-writer Nicholas Stoller and director James Bobin) decided to go forward and tell a current age story, one where the Muppets heyday is over and they aren’t popular any more. So, now:

Its time to get things started
On the most sensantional
Inspirational
Celebrational
Muppet-ational
This is what we call The Muppet Show!

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