"The Muppets"

They are back, after a movie screen absence of some 13 years, Jim Hensons Muppet Creations are back on the big screen. And I for one am delighted. We have had our appetite whetted for some time now with the brilliant Orange Cinema adverts, that were phenomenal.

The story.....Gary and Walter are brothers, even though one is a Muppet, we won't ask to many questions there. Gary is going away with his girlfriend, wife to be Mary, and taking Walter with him, much to his girlfriend's annoyance. They are heading to L.A., so Walter sees it as a great opportunity to meet his heroes, especially Kermit the Frog.
Walter visits the now derelict Muppets Theatre, and he overhears a plot from Tex Richman, a business tycoon, who wants to buy the Theatre and drill for oil. The Muppets have a certain number of days to raise $10 million or they forfeit the theatre. So Walter sets about bringing back together the Muppets and defeat Richman in his dastardly deeds.

The film has a nostalgic look at what made the Muppets so great, and does indeed bring back a lot of great memories. You are always sat there waiting for your favourite character(s) to appear, as we all have them.
The story is an entertaining one, but for me the biggest problem was that it concentrated too much on the Gary, Walter story rather than the Muppets. This could be down to the fact that Gary is played by Jason Segel, and he also wrote the screenplay.

For kids who have never experienced The Muppets, hopefully they will get the sense of fun and enjoyment that the rest of us as adults have been enjoying for more than 30 years.

You would be a Muppet to miss it........6 out of 10