Pursuant to my life quest to make my remaining existence on this earth as stress free as possible, I went to see the Muppet Movie. While on a Sunday afternoon, I expected to see a theater full of children. However, I had forgotten that today's children wouldn't remember the Muppets. Of course, I realized that it was yesterday's children who remembered them and cared to spend a nostalgic afternoon with the Muppets on a big screen.The Disney Studios did a lovely job bringing back the characters of the 70's. We were treated to many songs but most poignant was The Rainbow Connection sun by Kermit and Miss Piggy. The plot saw the decaying studio that used to be the platform for the Muppet shows. It was a metaphor of what happens to anyone aging or anything no longer wanted by the public (no longer eliciting the devotion and respect of previous audiences). The story is of a struggle.to keep a corporate villain from destroying the museum was meant to allow the memory of the Muppets to live on.
The cast is a delight, made even more so by cameo appearances, all great and least expected in this particular movie. This movie is doubtful to be Academy Award fodder.
Co-written directed and acted in by Jason Segal, his face offers the plasticity for all the many emotions required. Amy Adams is beautiful, loving, patient, and becomes the fiancee to her non-Muppet boyfriend as the wonderful happy ending breaks through. If you can avoid violence, heavy drama and reality, and enjoy being brought back to when you watched the Muppets as a grandparent, parent or child, you will enjoy this movie.
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