I showed my five-month-old a picture of some Muppets and he reacted rather excitedly, so I stuck this on to see how he'd react to seeing the characters in motion.

He laughed, yelled, drooled, pooped and fell asleep on me.

Everyone's a critic.

This third movie in the series of Muppet flicks has them looking to bring their college revue, Manhattan Melodies, to New York, but it won't be as easy as they think it will be. And as any Muppet movie worth it's salt hijinks ensue, as well as star studded cameos galore. We even meet the Muppet Babies in a fun flashback that would eventually find it's to TV as an animated series. Along the way the gang will have to go their separate ways only to finally find themselves back together and finally getting to perform their show.

A movie about Phil, Bill, Gil, and Jill and their adventures in the world of marketing would be more enjoyable than The Muppets Take Manhattan. (That is not as slighting as it sounds- that would be an amazing movie!)
Or, a movie about the Ratzo, Yolanda, and rest of the kitchen crew.
Either way, you know something is not working when you want to get back to the non-regulars.

19th entry in the letterboxd.com/martinrj/list/100-movies-in-june-challenge/%E2%80%9D">100 movies in June challenge.

"Who's going to be starring in this?"
"Well, me and my friends. They're all dogs and bears and chickens and stuff."

I like the Muppets, but this is more straightforward than their usual stuff (the song ‘Saying Goodbye’ is pretty sombre). There’s no breaking the fourth wall of the movies and little of the theatrical revue/behind the scenes stuff of the show. The cameos are fairly disappointing as well - apparently bigger names were lined up but dropped out. Still the musical numbers are good, the New York locations are cool and there are still enough gags to keep things fun.

Not only does this hold up beyond my nostalgic childhood memories, but it is also much funnier now that I get a ton of the adult humor. Also good for The Muppets for being pro-marriage equality decades before it was a socially poignant issue.

Also the advertising frogs had me laughing non-stop every single time they spoke.

One of the great little bonuses of having a toddler is that he loves the Muppets, so I put this on for him during a cranky day. Not only did he love it, but I was reminded how much I enjoyed this little entry -- the directing debut for Oz, as a matter of fact. The jokes are witty, the songs are fun and I love the big musical finale. Yeah, it's jokes are not as rapid-fire as "Great Muppet Caper," and its lacking the heart of "The Muppet Movie" and "The Muppets," but it's still a lot of fun.

Muppets. The word alone evokes images of muppets.

The Muppet babies are some of the cutest things ever committed to film.

I showed my five-month-old a picture of some Muppets and he reacted rather excitedly, so I stuck this on to see how he'd react to seeing the characters in motion.

He laughed, yelled, drooled, pooped and fell asleep on me.

Everyone's a critic.

Muppets yayyyyy

The Muppets Take Manhattan falls somewhere in between Kicking and Screaming - the Noah Baumbach film, not the Will Ferrell one - and Reality Bites in the ultimate post-college film stakes.

It's funny in a light way, it's got better songs than it has any right to, and, although it lags towards the end, there's a surprisingly strong plot.

The next time I go for an interview, I'm walking in with You Can't Take No For An Answer playing in my head.