The Muppets (2011)

Wikipedia:

The Muppets is a 2011 American musical comedy film and the seventh theatrical film featuring the Muppets. The film was directed by James Bobin in his directorial debut, written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman and starred Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, and Rashida Jones, as well as Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, and Peter Linz. Bret McKenzie served as music supervisor, writing four of the film’s five original songs, while Christophe Beck composed the film’s score. In The Muppets, devoted Muppet fan Walter, his human brother Gary and Gary’s girlfriend Mary help Kermit the Frog reunite the disbanded Muppets, as they must raise $10 million to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman, a businessman who plans to demolish the studio to drill for oil.

Many of the original Muppet movies are based on them on the brink of losing the theater ( I do hope this is the the last one with that plot). However, I do like to think of this as the reunion movie. The movie where they’ve all gone off and led separate lives for quite a few years before coming together again. I do also like that there is an element of copyright – there are also Moopets in this movie, and the Muppets stand a chance of not being Muppets anymore.

I also really do enjoy all the new (and old) songs featured in this movie. That’s part of why I enjoy musicals, the togetherness of the cast singing and dancing to one song.

My Rating: ★ ★ ★