The Great Muppet Caper

1981 Directed by Jim Henson

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.

Jim Henson Frank Oz Dave Goelz Jerry Nelson Richard Hunt Charles Grodin Diana Rigg John Cleese Robert Morley Peter Ustinov Caroll Spinney Jack Warden Susan Backlinie Joan Sanderson Peter Falk Danny John-Jules Erica Creer Kate Howard Della Finch Michael Robbins Peter Hughes Peggy Aitchison Tommy Godfrey Christine Nelson Valli Kemp Mike Quinn

Alternative Titles

Muppets 2 - Great Muppet Caper, Die große Muppet-Party, Die große Muppet-Sause, La grande aventure des Muppets, Giallo in Casa Muppet, Os Marretas contra-atacam

music crime mystery family comedy

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Review by suzie fahrenheit tepes ★★★½

i would die for every single one of the muppets
Review by Willow Maclay ★★★★½ 2

A few stray observations I noticed while watching The Great Muppet Caper.
1. This picture easily retains the meta comedy and movie within a movie subject of the first Muppets picture while giving some actual form to the musical numbers.
2. That form is heavily inspired by Busby Berkeley, and this films Ginger Rogers is Piggy. She is at the center of all these great sequences as dancers twirl and slide around her.
3. This is pretty much the most Piggy centric Muppets film which I greatly appreciate considering she is such a good character. She's not afraid to be unlikeable, vain and self centered. The creators of the Muppets never damn her for this behaviour as well which I…
Review by Travis Lytle ★★★★

Coming two years after 1979's fantastic "The Muppet Movie," Jim Henson's "The Great Muppet Caper" rates as a worthy and fizzy followup. Boasting the same lineup of muppeteered characters, groaningly hilarious quips, and meta moments, the film may not reach the highs notes of its predecessor, but it is a frothy and charming piece of work.
"The Great Muppet Caper" follows its team of Muppet protagonists to
London where they get caught up in a case regarding burgled diamonds. The mystery is not as important as the hijinks of the characters, so the caper conceit feels empty. This story does allow, however, for English cameos and an arched-eyebrow sense of humor.
Jim Henson's direction imbues the film with more visual…
Review by Carlo 五

Girl: Look, Dad. There's a bear.
Father: No, Christine, that's a frog. Bears wear hats.
Review by eve 🐁 ★★★½ 4

peter falk’s one scene > any other performance in any movie ever
Review by george ★★★★ 2

The Great Muppet Caper is so blissfully self-aware that Kermit disrupts an integral argument in the film's plot to remind us once again that we're watching a movie, that these Muppets before us are just playing a part, and — in the case of his on-screen partner — that she's hamming it up. In any other story, this would be one hell of an eye-roll moment, but under Jim Henson, it works. It works because once you remember that these 'actors' are characters themselves, played by accomplished performers who conceal their presence perfectly, that's when the metanarrative reaps its true reward. What Henson, Oz, Goelz, Juhl and co. have managed to achieve through personalising these fabric sensations is essential to…

Recent reviews

Review by wnoltie ★★★½

This one... wasn't quite as good as I remembered. There are a few points where things get slow-paced, and there's also this totally bizarre Miss Piggy daydream underwater diver ballet sequence which goes on for... a while, it feels like. But it's still the Muppets! There's tons of hilarious meta comedy here, starting with the opening credits, of all things. And as always, there's just a (for the most part) general undercurrent of fun here that comes with a Muppet movie that you ultimately just can't beat.
Review by amy ★★★★

less funny, to me, than the muppets movie but still absolutely had me in stitches. the running gag about the red hands following the rule of three just shows how adept at comedy jim henson and co. were, no one really does it like them! take notes snl
Review by JadziaDax ★★★★★

look the muppets are the geniuses of comedy
Review by Sophie Perrault ★★★★

the stunts? the gags? the choreo? miss piggy ATE THAT
Review by Maximilian Morrison ★★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I can only hope this movie was as fun to make as it seems like it was. The running joke about Kermit and Fozzie being twins?? The genuinely funny fourth wall breaks?? The musical numbers??? The absolute flex of the scene where Miss Piggy and Kermit ride bikes???? Oscar the Grouch cameo??????
Review by jaxinr ★★★½

Really enjoyed this sequel— even if it lacks the more dramatic and tear-jerking elements of the film’s predecessor and later franchise entr(ies). I remember always seeing an ad for this on some stray videocassette when I was a young lad and desperately wanting to watch it.
Review by sindhu ★★★½

every time i see kermit riding a bicycle i go insane i want to be a frog riding a bicycle can i please be a frog riding a bicycle on a warm summers day??
Review by Beggarsoshat ★★★½

Still patchy, but having being made in the UK this shares more of the anarchic spirit of the TV series. The conceit, that Fozzie and Kermit are twins, is continually hilarious. Live action roles throw in Diaana Rigg, John Cleese, Robert Morley and Peter Ustinov.
Review by James ★★★½

I've been holed up in my one bedroom apartment for months now, miserable and depressed as fuck.
These films have been exactly what I have needed.