Rent The Muppets (2011)
3.7 of 5 from 180 ratings
1h 43min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- While on vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, his brother Gary, and friend Mary uncover the diabolical plot of a greedy oil millionaire to destroy the Muppet Theatre. Now, the Muppet-loving trio must reunite, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and their friends to stage the greatest Muppet telethon ever and save their beloved theatre.
- Actors:
- Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Alan Arkin, Bill Cobbs, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jim Parsons, Eddie Pepitone, Kristen Schaal, Sarah Silverman, Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo, Raymond Ma, Shu Lan Tuan, Donald Glover, Dahlia Waingort, Jonathan Palmer, Don Yanan, Michael Albala
- Directors:
- James Bobin
- Producers:
- David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman
- Voiced By:
- Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, Bruce Lanoil, Michelan Sisti, Paul McGinnis, Greg Ballora, David Alan Barclay, Tim Blaney, Kevin Carlson, Leslie Carrara, Kristin Charney, Nathan Danforth, Alice Dinnean, Julia Gunn, BJ Guyer
- Writers:
- Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller
- Others:
- Bret McKenzie, "Man Or Muppet" song; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
- Studio:
- Buena Vista
- Genres:
- Children & Family
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 1, A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 2, Films & TV by topic, From Small Screen to Silver Screen: Films Based on TV, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Amy Adams, Remembering Alan Arkin, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Barnyard Bird Films
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/06/2012
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- Canadian French DTS-HD High Resolution 7.1, Dutch DTS-HD High Resolution 7.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Flemish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, French
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- The Longest Blooper Reel Ever Made (In Muppet History) We Think
- Scratching The Surface: A Hasty Examination Of The Making Of The Muppets
- Explaining Evil: The Full Tex Richman Song
- A Little Screen Test On The Way To The Read Through
- Deleted Scenes
- Theatrical Spoof Trailers
- Audio Commentary With Jason Segel, James Bobin And Nicholas Stoller
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The Muppets review by Melissa Orcine - Cinema Paradiso
Jim Henson’s Muppets were last seen in a movie in 1999 titled ‘Muppets from Space’, and from there on, they have become afterthoughts. Sure, there were TV specials, commercials, print ads, and merchandise in abundance, but it took another 12 years to produce a movie starring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and company. In 2011, ‘The Muppets’ have re-emerged, this time making sure that they will stay in the minds of viewers forever. Let’s hope.
Actor Jason Segel co-writes ‘The Muppets’ with its director Nicholas Stoller, and as Muppets die-hard fans, they’ve placed them back at the forefront for its now adult fans and introducing their children to these furry, fuzzy creatures. Are they successful? What’s in ‘The Muppets’ that could draw old and young people alike?
The story of ‘The Muppets’ does address the foam-and-felt creatures’ ‘relevance’ to this generation. They are showbiz pros, they had a TV show, but their heyday has gone, and so is their Muppet Theater if they don’t come up with $10 million dollars. Or else an oil tycoon (played pitch-perfectly by Chris Cooper) will destroy it and drill into it for all its worth. In come Gary (Segel), his Muppet brother Walter (Paul Linz), and his girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) of Smalltown, USA to save the day. Gary and Walter adore the Muppets and they’ll do anything to have them back together and do an epic show.
A Muppet production isn’t complete with musical numbers, and with Bret McKenzie (one-half of ‘Flight of the Conchords’) supervising its original music, the songs are happy, funny, and totally Muppet-y. For nostalgia buffs, there’s a new rendition of Kermit’s hit song ‘Rainbow Connection’. ‘The Muppets’ movie knows that Kermit and company are old-timers in showbiz, but they do want to school us on why they will always be relevant. Yes, Jim Henson has died and Frank Oz (formerly Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear’s voices) chose not to have a hand in ‘The Muppets’, they are sorely missed, but it results in the spirit, wit, and humor of what the Muppets are all about.