Starring Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Kermit The Frog
Plot:
A frog and a pig walked into a bar… oops wrong movie. Ahem, let’s start again. We meet the Muppet troupe as they’re finishing up their last movie and wondering what to do next. In walks Dominic Badguy (Gervais) with a super-duper great idea! They should do a world tour. Brilliant idea, right?
Meanwhile super-bad-frog, Constantine (Frog) has escaped from a Siberian Gulag and whips a fake mole on Kermit’s (Frog) face so he looks just like Conny. Then Kermit, now Constantine is arrested and taken back to the Gulag while Conny takes Kermy’s place.
Meanwhile, meanwhile Badguy and Constantine plan a series of robberies that will eventually lead them to the Crown Jewels in London. Their front is the Muppets who, apart from Animal (Animal), thinks that Kermit just has a Russian-sounding cold and thinks nothing of it. They travel to Germany, Spain, Ireland then onto London with rave reviews (paid for by Dominic). But there are two fancy policemen on the case Interpol Agent, Jean Pierre Napoleon (Ty Burrell) and CIA Agent Sam Eagle (Eagle) who start suspecting the Muppets are involved in the robberies.
Over in the Gulag, Kermit is forced to direct a performance by Prison Warden Nadya (Fey) while he waits to be saved. Walter, Fozzie and Animal join forces to save Kermie after realising that Constantine isn’t the real deal. They eventually break him (and the other prisoners) out of the jail and head back to London where Constantine has planned to marry Miss Piggy (Piggy). This is where the rubber hits the road, the action gets packed and all the Muppets learn the truth.
Review
I love a good Muppet movie, sometimes more than my kids. You’d think after so many years and so many movies, this band of weirdos would get ‘old’, well it hasn’t for me! The musical numbers in this movie were really fun, with clever, witty lyrics that the Muppets are famous for. I never knew Ricky Gervais could sing so well and Tina Fey did a fairly funny/ok job too. There are cool cameos from stars like: Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Josh Groban and Salma Hayak.
The storyline is a tad different from other movies (you can’t help but compare to other Muppet films). There’s heaps of action, which is really smart because today’s kids really love things blowing up and people fighting each other and helicopters, muppet ladders and such. I must say though, if your child is a sensitive type, maybe avoid this film. My friend’s two kids had nightmares after watching this.
It was a great idea to take the Muppets overseas because the road trip thing has been done and done with these crazy critters so putting them in foreign lands was brilliant. I love that the Muppets are still the Muppets with their ‘dad’ jokes, their show tunes, their sense of innocence. They haven’t changed too much and I think that’s why adults and kids love it so much. It’s good, clean fun that everyone can enjoy!
Here’s the trailer…
Food
Muppet movies take me back to the 80s when I was a kid. So many great memories. The food I’ve chosen to pair with this is a tribute to one of my favourite muppets, Fozzie. He’s funny-not-funny but sweet. So preheat your oven because we’re baking! It’s Cinnamon Roll Bear Claws from Two of a Kind blog.
Note: Thanks to Alison from Two of a Kind for permission to feature her stunning image and link to her scrumptious recipe.
Muppets Most Wanted trivia
- Budget – $50 million
- This film was inspired by The Great Muppet Caper and The Muppets Take Manhattan as well as The Pink Panther and The Thomas Crown Affair.
- It was also made in the vein of 1960s/70s ‘crime caper’ films.
- The first title of the movie was Muppets… Again!
- Director James Bobin is only one of two to work on two (or more) Muppet movies. The other one was Brian Henson.
- Ray Liotta has now appeared in two Muppet movies, the other one being Muppets From Space.
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