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.
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05/20/08
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:12
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6/10
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My least favorite Muppet movie. But it's still the Muppets, so it's worth a viewing.
11/13/02
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10/31/03
still the second-best Muppet movie you'll find
11/26/05
...just as silly and uneven as its predecessor.
01/07/06
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08/17/06
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01/30/03
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09/09/04
A brisk and consistently funny family entertainment. [new DVD review]
12/18/05
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07/24/03
Lacks the warm wit of the original movie, but hey, the old-school Muppets were a funny bunch of freaks!
07/25/02
The movie contains several more cheery, Disneyesque songs than are necessary, but they are made tolerable by the presence of Kermit and Miss Piggy.
08/30/04
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.
05/20/08
No review available.
07/16/05
Too much Miss Piggy. I always hated Miss Piggy. Kermit was too good for her.
10/17/02
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.
10/23/04
Top CriticThe songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides.
02/09/06
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