Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

utgard14 The Muppets go to New York to try and sell Kermit's musical to a Broadway producer but are met with nothing but rejection. Thinking they are holding Kermit back, the other Muppets leave him in the city and return home. Kermit gets a job working at a café where rats are waiters. When a producer finally shows interest in Kermit's musical, the frog faces two obstacles: first, he must put the whole show together in two weeks; second, he's hit by a car and gets amnesia! Hopefully his friends, new and old, can help him get his memory back and put on the big show.The third Muppets movie is a pleasant, leisurely film. Nowhere near the classic Muppet Movie but the songs are nice and the Muppets endearing as ever. It's kind of a solo movie for Kermit for awhile. The human cast is good, with several little-known actors in supporting parts. The celebrity cameos this time include Dabney Coleman, Brooke Shields, Elliott Gould, Art Carney, Joan Rivers, Gregory Hines, and Liza Minnelli. Most importantly, this movie introduced the Muppet Babies in a fantasy sequence. The Muppet Babies would go on to be an adorable cartoon series that was a beloved part of my childhood. This movie is the last of the Muppet films made while Jim Henson was still alive. It will surely please fans and those who love movies with heart and humor and magic.

Benjamin Black If you're keeping up with all my reviews, you should know how I feel about the previous Muppet movies. "The Muppet Movie" was great, and "The Great Muppet Caper" was amazingly hilarious! So how do I feel about this one? I think this one is good. It's not bad, it's not great...I think it's good.Synopsis: Kermit and the gang are graduating from college, They figure they'll take Kermit's musical, "Manhattan Melodies," and put it on Broadway. However, they find out that becoming successful on Broadway is harder than they thought - I guess becoming rich and famous in Hollywood is much easier than making it on Broadway. After having no luck and a little blow up from Kermit, the gang decides to split ways for a little while until the musical is sold on Broadway. Kermit stays in NYC and tries everything he can to get "Manhattan Melodies" picked up by a Broadway producer. After a while, it's finally sold, and letters are written to everyone so they can come back and prepare for this show. However, there are 2 catches: the show will be put in 2 weeks, and Kermit is nowhere to be found. After he sells the musical, he gets hit by a car, receives amnesia, and puts on a new identity, Phillip Phil.This movie has most things that all the other Muppet movies traditionally have, but there are two things that make it seem different. The first is the tone. Something about this New York City, on-location atmosphere gives a very different tone to the Muppets. Or maybe it's the script itself. I don't know, but something about the tone of the movie seems different compared to other Muppet movies. Secondly, there's no breaking the fourth wall in this movie. At first, I thought that was kind of nit-picky. But when you think about it, the Muppets always broke the fourth wall in their productions; they include themselves in our reality. We're watching a movie, and they always let us know that. Here, we're on the outside looking in, just like in most productions. The screen separates us from these characters this time. That's kind of weird.But like I said, there are still a lot of the same things here that are in other Muppet movies. The songs are really nice, the cameo appearances are great, and we get more of those awesome, complicated Muppet scenes! The rat scat scene in the kitchen works really well, and everybody really loves the Muppet babies scene! Remember the TV series "Muppet Babies?" Yeah, it's based on a scene from this movie, and it's quite charming! Again, it doesn't really have a purpose for the movie, but it's fun and it gave us a great TV show.I have to say something else I love about this movie: it's the end when we see a bunch of Jim Henson's Muppets. We see everyone from "The Muppet Show," "Sesame Street," and one of the characters from "Fraggle Rock." It's scenes like this that make me both happy and sad at the same time. I get the sense that Jim Henson wanted his Muppets to always be together. Now that they're all owned by different companies, we'll never see that again. That is, not unless the companies wise up and choose to continue Jim Henson's legacy...But I digress.This isn't the best Muppet movie, but it's still a very good one. I enjoy it a lot, and I think you'll love it as well. You'll laugh, you might even cry (apparently, the "saying Goodbye" song has the power to make people cry). You'll enjoy this movie just fine! BOOYIKA!

Lee Eisenberg Jim Henson's wily characters make their third movie outing. "The Muppets Take Manhattan" isn't quite as good as the previous two movies, but it's still very enjoyable. The plot has Kermit and friends graduating from college and deciding to put on a Broadway show, only to arrive in New York and find out that it's harder than they thought. Gotta work to survive in the Big Apple! As with the previous movies, there's no shortage of musical numbers, and there's plenty of famous people in bit parts (including a few as themselves). Since this was the final Muppet movie before Jim Henson died, it makes sense to do what they do at the end of the movie: it's as though they've finally achieved their destiny.Yes, this one isn't quite the same as the first two, but I still liked it. Frank Oz, after years of providing the voices of some of the Muppets, proved himself to be a very competent director, and went on to direct fine movies like "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", "What About Bob?", "In & Out" and the original "Death at a Funeral". The point is that you're sure to enjoy "The Muppets Take Manhattan".

sddavis63 I'm not really into The Muppets, but those who are will likely enjoy this. It's extremely family-friendly (as you would expect) and includes a lot of fun songs along with an appropriately silly story about Kermit the Frog trying to sell a script to a Broadway producer. All the regular Muppets are featured, and by the time you get to the end of the movie you also come across a whole galaxy of Sesame Street characters including Big Bird and Bert and Ernie. There's also a galaxy of relatively well known actors who play cameos in this, including folks like Dabney Coleman, Joan Rivers, Gregory Hines and Brooke Shields, to name but a few.By the time this ends, the movie's getting close to two hours long, which is probably a bit too long for a Muppet movie, and there's no real surprise or drama involved in it - the most dramatic element probably being Kermit being hit by a car and developing amnesia as a result. Kids will certainly enjoy this - although most of the cameos are from actors better known say 20 years ago. (5/10)