The Great Muppet Caper 1981

Vincent Canby, New York Times: The movie contains several more cheery, Disneyesque songs than are necessary, but they are made tolerable by the presence of Kermit and Miss Piggy. Read more

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: The songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides. Read more

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