A ragged yet sometimes delightful mess of comedy and songs with a clever story and a few too many cute cameos I still enjoy this movie but it would be stronger if it didn't feel like such a pastiche. There was a great sense of nostalgia in 1970's Hollywood that sucked a lot of creative energy into parodies and tributes and this movie feels a lot like the victim of that era. Too much talent squandered trying to make a hip version of an old Hollywood musical cum newspaper mystery cum international adventure, and yet the muppets are The Muppets and there is the charm of Kermit and Gonzo and Miss Piggy and the rest just being silly and making bad jokes work by sheer force of silliness.
Like a weaker Marx Bros movie is has its moments and when it is over it feels like it was worth it, but while you are watching---hmmm, maybe not so much.
Like a weaker Marx Bros movie is has its moments and when it is over it feels like it was worth it, but while you are watching---hmmm, maybe not so much.