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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie |
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
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by MGM (Video & DVD)
Sales Rank: 890
Price: $9.94
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Have yourself a very merry Muppet™ Christmas with this all-new holiday movie starring Kermit™ the Frog, Miss Piggy™ and the whole Muppet™ gang – plus a celebrity cast featuring David Arquette, Joan Cusack and Whoopi Goldberg, with cameos by Matthew Lillard, William H. Macy, Carson Daly, Kelly Ripa, Joe Rogan, Molly Shannon and the cast of "Scrubs"! 'Tis the night before Christmas and the Muppet Theater is in danger of being torn down. And when bad goes to worse, Kermit begins to believe the world would be a better place if he'd never been born. But don't worry! With heavenly help and hilarious send-ups of just about every holiday movie ever made, Kermit and the Muppets discover what matters most is their love for each other.Featuring show-stopping musical numbers like "Moulin Scrooge!" (starring Miss Piggy as 'Saltine'), this "charming and clever" (The San Diego Union-Tribune) holiday classic will have the whole family laughing!
Viewer Reviews
Scooter in leather hot pants gyrating in a cage at a rave, while Sam the Eagle trips out on X and plays with glow sticks. Animal doing a two-story beer bong while lying on his back. A gay dance instructor pig slapping Kermit on the behind and telling him he has a "nice tush". Pepe the Prawn getting a license to turn the theater into a topless dancing joint...
This is one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. I would have thought it was someone doing a parody of the Muppets if I didn't know any better. For some reason, someone decided the Muppets needed to go "dark and edgy", and the result is "It's a Very, Very Muppet Christmas Movie".
The story is a basic twist on "It's a Wonderful Life", with Kermit driven to the point of despair by money problems and losing the lease on the Muppet Theater. In a classic George Bailey scene, he screams at all of the assembled Muppets, asking them how they can be so happy in such dismal circumstances, then storms out into the snow...of course, down comes the inept angel (David Arquette) sent by God (Whoopi Goldberg) to show Kermit what the world would be like if he had never been born, only some of what accounts for the scenes mentioned above, but also includes Ms. Piggy as a crazy cat lady who makes her living by...."acting" on the telephone.
Some things just don't need to be "dark and edgy", and The Muppets falls into that category. . On top of the weird storyline, the voice acting is not done by the "classic" puppeteers, and every now and then a character's voice changes mid-scene. If you have any kids, just don't get this. Get the perfect The Muppet Christmas Carol instead. If it ever comes out on DVD, John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together would be even better.
Maybe "It's a Very, Very Muppet Christmas Movie" can be appreciated on some sort of hip-neo-post-modern-ironic level, and maybe someone can see something here to enjoy. If you are a Star Wars completest, Yoda make a very brief appearance, and there are a few jokes that work. Me, I was just sad watching it, and seeing how far these beloved characters have fallen.
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