Review of Muppets from Space (1999) by Ryan V — 28 Sep 2016

Gonzo, feeling more like an "other" than usual, has been having weird dreams about extraterrestrial brethren attempting to contact him. This puts him and (eventually) his pals in the Muppet crew on a path to making first contact with an intergalactic race, but first they have to deal with an aggressive branch of government spooks.

Muppets From Space is usually seen as one of the lesser Muppet films and it definitely has less substance and laughs than its predecessors (and many of its successors). At the same time, this movie does have enough silly jokes, random celebrity cameos, and impressive puppeteering to make it seem like a sincere effort to emulate Jim Henson's legacy.

Muppets From Space is hardly a masterwork, but family movies do come a lot worse than this one.