The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

by Tristi Pinkston | More from this Blogger

20 Jul 2007 10:30 AM

In "The Muppets Take Manhattan," Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the rest of the gang have just graduated from college. Kermit has written, produced and starred in a musical for the closing finale for the school year, and his fellow graduates think he should take it and the entire cast to Broadway. He's not so sure, but the others talk him into it, and before he knows it, he's on his way to New York City.

Getting on with an agent is harder than they thought it would be, and it's not long before they're sleeping in lockers at the bus station because they can't afford a hotel. Soon they can't even afford food, and they wander into a small diner, hoping for a kindly owner who will let them work off the meal. They luck out with Pete, who feeds them and offers his friendship.

While Kermit is away from the table, the others confer - they've been putting a lot of pressure on Kermit to take care of them. They agree that they should split up and make their own way. Telling Kermit that they've got job offers, they leave, and he pursues his dream of selling the show to a producer, with Pete and his daughter Jenny as his main cheerleaders.

Miss Piggy didn't really leave. Kermit promised her that if they made enough money, he'd marry her, so she's got an investment in this whole thing. She has a job at a perfume counter, working with Joan Rivers, but she spends all her lunch breaks following Kermit and becomes jealous of his friendship with Jenny.

Just as Kermit's dream comes true, tragedy strikes - or rather, a taxi strikes, Kermit, and he lands on his head. In a classic case of amnesia, he forgets that he's just sold a show to Broadway and it's up to his friends to get his memory back for him.

I liked this movie better than "The Muppet Movie" but I liked it less than "The Great Muppet Caper." What can I say - once you've seen the "Caper," everything else pales. But this was a cute movie and very enjoyable. I watched it with all my children and they loved it.

This film is rated G.

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The Great Muppet Caper

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