The Muppets are a nice change of pace in family film. A solid piece of nostalgia that anyone can enjoy. Now it's not gonna blow your socks off. It's not the funniest thing ever, but I sure enjoyed the quirky puppet sense of humor. The one big worry I had going in to this thing was that it was going to be the Jason Segel show. Don't get me wrong, I like Segel. But this movie should be about bringing the Muppets back to glory. And it is. A MUSICAL romp to restore Muppet glory! Amy Adams is Segel's love interest, and she is ADORABLE! She brings the fun innocents that should go along with a film like this. One thing I got a huge kick out of was 80s Robot with his Tab, New Coke, and dial up modem. Hilarious. The celebrity cameos are wonderful and non-invasive: Rashida Jones, Alan Arkin, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jim Parsons, Sarah Silverman, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, The NPH, John Krasinski, Rico Rodriguez, Chris Cooper, and my favorite Mickey Rooney. It does drag at points. Mostly when they are trying to advance the story and not singing me a song or pulling and old school gag. But it doesn't do that for terribly long. This is a solid piece of family friendly film that satisfies what I want out of my Muppets. Goofy ridiculous and obvious jokes. Well I'm off to YouTube Bob Hope on the Muppet Show.
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