The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

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During their late-70s heyday the Muppets won huge TV audiences with their corny puns and showbiz in-jokes, but stretched to feature length the formula loses some of its snap.

May 20, 2008 Full Review

Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides.

February 9, 2006 Full Review

Tom Milne

Time Out

Top Critic

We don't care about some dumb diamond the size of a baseball, and as Muppet fans we're probably also indifferent to Henson's ambition to satirize old movie genres.

October 23, 2004 Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

The movie contains several more cheery, Disneyesque songs than are necessary, but they are made tolerable by the presence of Kermit and Miss Piggy.

August 30, 2004 Full Review

Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

Perhaps the shallowest of the three classic Muppet films... But even an imperfect Henson movie is bound to have quite a lot of charm.

November 22, 2011 Full Review

Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Muppets in London on a retro musical robbery-romp.

December 15, 2010 Full Review

Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

That first film with the muppet crew had to be a success; this time it was more difficult. Nonetheless, the caper plot that Henson and company worked out manages to hold adult interest for quite a while.

May 20, 2008 Full Review

TV Guide's Movie Guide

...just as silly and uneven as its predecessor.

January 7, 2006 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A brisk and consistently funny family entertainment. [new DVD review]

December 18, 2005

Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

[The Muppets have] never been this crazed since...

December 13, 2005 Full Review

Tony Whitt

Now Playing Magazine

still the second-best Muppet movie you'll find

November 26, 2005 Full Review

Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

My least favorite Muppet movie. But it's still the Muppets, so it's worth a viewing.

November 13, 2002

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

Too much Miss Piggy. I always hated Miss Piggy. Kermit was too good for her.

October 17, 2002

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Lacks the warm wit of the original movie, but hey, the old-school Muppets were a funny bunch of freaks!

July 25, 2002

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

• 1. Lady Holiday: We have to make drastic changes in the new line before the show tomorrow. All my girls are going around looking like barn-yard animals. Good heavens, who are you?
  2. Miss Piggy: My name is Miss Piggy and I would like to be a high-fashion model.
  3. Lady Holiday: Doesn't surprise me. Seems to be the way we're heading.
  – Submitted by Christopher B (2 months ago)
• 1. Fozzie Bear: Excuse me, Mr. Holliday. Would you let Kermit go? If you hold him too long he'll just give you warts.
  – Submitted by Christopher B (2 months ago)
• 1. Beauregard: You can call me Beauregard. where are you guys going?
  2. Kermit: The happiness hotel.
  3. Beauregard: Oh good, that's where I'm going. How do you get there?
  4. Fozzie Bear: Haven't you ever been there?
  5. Beauregard: Of course! I live there. I just don't know how to get there.
  – Submitted by Christopher B (2 months ago)
• 1. Lady Holiday: Nicky, that's my new receptionist dancing out there!
  2. Nicky Holiday: Which one?
  3. Lady Holiday: The pig.
  4. Nicky Holiday: She's sensational.
  5. Lady Holiday: 45 words a minute, about average.
  – Submitted by Christopher B (2 months ago)
• 1. Trucker: What are you doing here?
  2. Oscar the Grouch: A very brief cameo.
  3. Trucker: Me too.
  – Submitted by Rocky F (12 months ago)
• 1. Sam the Eagle: You are all weirdos!
  – Submitted by Dallin P (17 months ago)

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