96% The Muppets

All Critics (192) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (183) | Rotten (7)

It may not entirely work as a movie, but The Muppets shines as a piece of touching pop nostalgia.

The purity of the nostalgia turns this franchise film into a love letter to childhood.

You can rest easy - if you have previously loved the Muppets, you will likely currently love The Muppets.

The chorus of one of the songs declares, 'I've got everything that I need, right in front of me.' For 120 minutes, that's precisely how I felt.

[Filmmakers] hew close to the essential innocence informing the Muppets' silliness.

The Muppets is a triumph of simplicity, innocence and goofy jokes. It's a triumph of felt.

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Beneath the cleverness you'll find warmth, sweetness and real affection for our fine felt friends.

During The Muppets' numerous highlights, movie-going is rarely this much fun.

The film's broad smiles and big-heartedness are bracingly disingenuous, the self-referential jokes well handled. Only the affection emanating from the audience is sincere.

If, like me, you are a parent, there will be something life affirming about taking your children to see these ageless old friends.

Director Bobin milks laughter and tears in generous, equal measures, leaving us hankering for more.

I hope this movie will bring these talented artistes back to the forefront of the entertainment industry. It deserves to.

We defy anyone over the age of 30 not to get emotional when the lights do go up and Kermit takes the stage ...

Unfortunately the pang of loss - the "you can't go back again" - is reflected in the film's own inability go back again. After a meditative midsection it tries to re-establish cuteness and comic zeal.

Kermit, we're sorry we forgot about you - never leave again.

Kermit the Frog rounds up the gang to save the Muppets' derelict old theatre from a ruthless tycoon in this laugh-out-loud return to the enduring TV characters' roots.

A witty script, catchy songs, strong comic performances and a host of delightfully funny celebrity cameos.

Witty, affectionate and charmingly silly.

The most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational comeback fans could have hoped for.

A film bursting at the seams with sheer, unadulterated joy: watch it, and the world seems just that little bit brighter...

Made absolutely for grown-up fans, this is the Muppets as you fondly remember them: funny, smart and gleefully insane.

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