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The Muppets

The Muppets

Comedy · Family · Music · 2011

When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a telethon show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.

Movie details

The Muppets

“Get ready for Muppet domination.”

2011 Comedy · Family · Music 1h 43m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.1 / 10

99.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

95 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

75 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a telethon show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Muppets?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

James Bobin

Written by

Jason Segel · Nicholas Stoller

Jason Segel

Jason Segel

Gary

Amy Adams

Amy Adams

Mary

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Tex Richman

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones

CDE Executive

Steve Whitmire

Steve Whitmire

Kermit / Beaker / Statler / Rizzo / Link / Newsman (voice)

Peter Linz

Peter Linz

Walter (voice)

Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson

Miss Piggy / Fozzie / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs (voice)

Court is in session

Put The Muppets on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.