Review of The Great Muppet Caper (1981) by Velmina C — 06 Aug 2014
The first Muppet movie was very focused on introducing characters and revolved around being a road movie, comedy. In this second of the Muppet films, our now established friends play various characters in a thriller concerning precious jewels being stolen from a fashion designer.
Reporters Kermit and Fozzy must team up with a squadron of misfits and Miss Piggy in order to catch the culprits. The film respects its characters, but often makes a lot of in-jokes and meta references to the fact that the Muppets are playing characters, and also that Kermit and Fozzy are "identical twins" because they both wear hats.
There are a lot of great musical numbers performed by the Muppets, including a water ballet routine by Miss Piggy in her true over the top fashion. The supporting actors are great, including a crotchety Charles Grodin, and an overly nice John Cleese, in a great cameo appearance.
Wildly entertaining and certainly fun, the Muppets make yet enough grand old film.
This review of The Great Muppet Caper (1981) was written by Velmina C on 06 Aug 2014.
The Great Muppet Caper has generally received positive reviews.
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