Wide release 11-23-11
12-13-11 at El Con with Rachel
PG (1:42)
RT critics: 97% audience: 91% (boy do I differ from them this time)
Director: James Bobin
Walt Disney Pictures
Jason Segel (who also cowrote and produced), Amy Adams, Jack Black
Lots of cameos: Emilyy Blunt, Jim Parsons, Neil Patrick Harris, Alan Arkin......
Preceded by five previews and a short film, we didn't walk out of the theater until two and a half hours after we walked in. And yawn. It was so slow, especially the scenes with good ol' Kermit. When the whole cast broke into dance, and Jason Segel broke into song I didn't know what to think. I love musicals, but this just didn't work for me. I was so looking forward to it....maybe that was the problem!
Gary's "brother," Walter, a muppet, is a huge fan of the original Muppets. So when Gary takes his girlfriend Mary (Adams) to LA for a 10-year dating anniversary, Walter accompanies them. They go to the falling-down Muppet Studio for a tour, and Walter overhears nasty Tex Richman planning to purchase the old property and tear it down to drill for oil. Thus the plot is hatched to track down the original Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways, for one big telethon show.
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