Muppets Movie 2011 Sees Jason Segel, Amy Adams Bring Children's Favorite Back to Big Screen
For the first time in well over a decade the Muppets are coming back to the big screen.
After a 12 year hiatus Jim Henson’s beloved puppets are returning back to the theaters this Wednesday with the new feature film, “The Muppets.”
Much like the fore-running features “The Muppets” includes a whole new cast of celebrity characters including Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Rashida Jones.
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“The Muppets” was co-written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, who also co-wrote “Forgetting Sarah Marshal” with each other.
This will be James Bobin’s first feature length debut as a director. Bobin has written and directed for the HBO show "Flight of the Conchords" and the extremely controversial "Ali G Show."
While there has been some looming hesitation about a children’s movie being created by writers, directors, and stars of predominately rated R backgrounds the critics are quick to put such hesitations at ease.
The Hollywood Reporter said, “A comic actor more identified with raunchy humor, Jason Segel has had a major hand in breathing new life into these 1970s-to-'90s cultural mainstays, co-writing, co-executive producing and starring in this zippy feature that is about nothing more or less than the effort to bring the long-dispersed Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal and all of the others together again.”
Rolling Stone reported, “The new movie never crosses its PG parameters,” and the Hollywood Reporter even went on to mention how refreshing it was to enjoy such “squeaky clean silliness.”
Critics have also expressed the relief of enjoying a new Muppet's film that hasn’t had a hit for some time.
The last two films were just made for TV productions while the feature film beforehand, "Muppets from Space," didn’t do so well with the critics or the box office. Rotten Tomatoes said it “lacks the magic and wit of its cinematic predecessors.”
However critics are suggesting that the new film could inspire what could be enjoyed as more of a featured length grin.
As Rolling Stone said, “The Muppets slaps a smile on your face you won’t want to wipe off.”
