The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
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Critic Consensus: The Great Muppet Caper is overplotted and uneven, but the appealing presence of Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang ensure that this heist flick is always breezily watchable.
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Cast
as Nicky Holiday
as Lady Holliday
as Neville
as British Gentleman
as Truck Driver
as Tramp
as Kermit/Rowlf/Dr. Teeth/Waldorf
as Miss Piggy/Fozzie Bear/Animal/Sam the Eagle
as The Great Gonzo/Beauregard/Zoot/Dr. Bunsen
as Floyd/Pops/Lew Zealand
as Scooter/Statler/Sweetums/Janice/Beaker
as Rizzo the Rat/Lips
as Mike Tarkanian
as Marla
as Carla
as Darla
as Guard
as Dorcas
as Maitre d'
as Prison Guard
as Bus Conductor
as Model
as Model #3
as Model #4
as 2nd Model
as Girl in Park
as Charlie's Water Ballet Performer
as Charlie's Water Ballet Performer
as Charlie's Water Ballet Performer
as Muppet Performer
as Muppet Performer
as Muppet Performer
as Muppet Performer
as Charlie's Water Ballet Performer
as Muppet Performer
as Muppet Performer
as Oscar the Grouch
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Critic Reviews for The Great Muppet Caper
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Like its predecessor, this film is its own best fan.
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.
The songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides.
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.
The movie contains several more cheery, Disneyesque songs than are necessary, but they are made tolerable by the presence of Kermit and Miss Piggy.
The usual pleasures are all here, but the puppeteers seemed especially intent on giving themselves logistical challenges this time around.
Audience Reviews for The Great Muppet Caper
The first Muppet movie was very focused on introducing characters and revolved around being a road movie, comedy. In this second of the Muppet films, our now established friends play various characters in a thriller concerning precious jewels being stolen from a fashion designer. Reporters Kermit and Fozzy must team up with a squadron of misfits and Miss Piggy in order to catch the culprits. The film respects its characters, but often makes a lot of in-jokes and meta references to the fact that the Muppets are playing characters, and also that Kermit and Fozzy are "identical twins" because they both wear hats. There are a lot of great musical numbers performed by the Muppets, including a water ballet routine by Miss Piggy in her true over the top fashion. The supporting actors are great, including a crotchety Charles Grodin, and an overly nice John Cleese, in a great cameo appearance. Wildly entertaining and certainly fun, the Muppets make yet enough grand old film.
Super Reviewer
Of all the Muppet movies I've seen, I enjoyed this the least. I couldn't follow the plot at some points and the story just didn't intrest me. The Muppets solving a mystery just isn't my type. But there is still funny quotes and the movie has its moments. That is why I am giving this a 60%. Funny dialogue scene: (A truck driver is pushed out of his truck and is thrown next to a trach can. A person comes out of the garbage can next to him.) Truck Driver: "What are you doing here?" Oscar the Grouch: "A very brief cameo." Truck Driver: "Me too."
Super Reviewer
A good story, but not as funny as the first movie. I liked this movie when I was a kid, but now that I see it again, it's not as good as I remembered. Anyway, it's enjoyable and kids will like it.
Super Reviewer
The Great Muppet Caper Quotes
| 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? |
| 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? |
| Miss Piggy: | My name is Miss Piggy, and I would like to be a high-fashion model. |
| Miss Piggy: | My name is Miss Piggy and I would like to be a high-fashion model. |
| Lady Holiday: | Doesn't surprise me; seem to be the way we're heading. |
| Lady Holiday: | Doesn't surprise me. Seems to be the way we're heading. |
| Fozzie Bear: | Excuse me, Mr. Holliday. Would you let Kermit go? If you hold him too long he'll just give you warts. |
| Beauregard: | [driving a cab]You can call me Beauregard. where are you guys going? |
| Beauregard: | You can call me Beauregard. where are you guys going? |
| Kermit: | The happiness hotel. |
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