The Muppets (2011) - Oscar® Winner!

Editor's Note When an evil oil man discovers black gold beneath Muppet Theater, Kermit recruits a Muppet super-fan and his two best friends to help gather up the gang for a telethon that will save the venue from being razed and replaced with a giant oil pump. Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) never met an oil field he couldn't suck dry. So when Tex discovers a bountiful reservoir right underneath Muppet Theater, he begins drawing up plans to claim the land and start drilling. Little does Tex realize that devoted Muppets fan Walter is currently in Los Angeles with his best friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams), and that he's not about to let one man's greed spoil a good thing for everyone. With Kermit by their side, Walter, Gary, and Mary hatch a plan to put on a big telethon that will help them raise the ten million dollars needed to keep Muppet Theater standing. But rounding up the gang won't be easy, because these days Miss Piggy's got a posh job at Vogue Paris; Fozzie has landed a gig at a Reno casino; Gonzo has become the owner of a successful plumbing company; and Animal is dealing with anger management issues in a Santa Barbara clinic. With the drilling deadline fast drawing near and Tex wringing his hands in anticipation, the gang races to put on the performance of a lifetime and save Muppet Theater from certain destruction. Directed by James Bobin and written by Segel and Nicholas Stoller, THE MUPPETS MOVIE features cameos by Zach Galifianakis, Billy Crystal, Jack Black, Alan Arkin, and Jean-Claude Van Damme, among others.

	Amy Adams
	Chris Cooper
	Rashida Jones
	Jason Segel
	Sarah Silverman - Co-Star
	Dave Goelz - Voice
	David Rudman - Voice
	Steve Whitmire - Voice
	Alan Arkin - Co-Star
	Eric Jacobson - Voice
	Raymond Ma - Co-Star
	Ed Pepitone - Co-Star
	Aria Noelle Curzon - Co-Star
	Don Yanan - Co-Star
	Zach Galifianakis - Co-Star
	Matt Vogel - Voice
	Peter Linz - Voice
	Kristen Schaal - Co-Star
	Michael Albala - Co-Star
	Bill Barretta - Voice
	Jonathan Palmer - Co-Star
	Jim Parsons - Co-Star
	Tuan Shu Lan - Co-Star
	Dahlia Waingort - Co-Star
	Piolin - Co-Star
	Ken Jeong - Co-Star
	Donald Glover - Co-Star
	Justin Marco - Co-Star
	Julia Marie Franzese - Co-Star
	Gunnar Smith - Co-Star
	Connor Gallagher - Co-Star
	Cameron Kasal - Co-Star
	Justin Tinucci - Co-Star
	Alex Long - Co-Star
	Don Burgess - Director of Photography
	Mitchell Dubin - Camera Operator
	Gigi Williams - Makeup
	Allan Graf - 2nd Unit Director
	Allan Graf - Stunt Coordinator
	Josh King - Assistant Director
	Nina Paskowitz - Hairstylist
	Christophe Beck - Composer
	John G. Scotti - Production Manager/UPM
	Jason Segel - Screenwriter
	Centro Digital Pictures - Visual Effects Designer
	J. Alan Scott - Special Effects Supervisor
	Audrey Anzures - Hairstylist
	Inc. Look Effects - Visual Effects Designer
	Troy Dederick - Special Effects
	Lisa Jaime - Music Editor
	Gintar Repecka - Special Effects
	Michael Rooney - Choreographer
	Tracey Levy - Makeup Designer
	Matthew Moriarty - Camera Operator
	Cynthia N. Braga - Special Effects
	Jesse Noel - Special Effects
	Jill Breitzman - Post-Production Supervisor
	Robert Bell - Special Effects
	Bret McKenzie - Music Director
	Bret McKenzie - Song Composer
	Tracey Doyle - Set Decorator
	Richard Schwalm - Special Effects
	Nicholas Stoller - Screenwriter
	Shade VFX - Visual Effects Designer
	Legacy Effects - Special Effects
	Bret Mardock - Makeup
	Gabriel Sanchez - Optical/Digital Effects
	West Wing Studios - Visual Effects Designer
	PJF Productions - Visual Effects Designer
	Aris Archontis - Song Composer
	Chen Neeman - Song Composer
	Bill Cobbs - Co-Star
	James Bobin - Director

Chicago Sun-Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "The Muppet franchise is revitalized with THE MUPPETS, a funny, wickedly self-aware musical..." 11/18/2011

Los Angeles Times
"[A] very warm and fuzzy musical comedy....One of the movie's delights is all the subversive parody slipped into its very smart script by co-writers Segel and Nicholas Stoller ." 11/23/2011

USA Today
"More fresh than retro, THE MUPPETS bursts with charm and cheeky humor." 11/22/2011

Box Office
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "The film is beautifully crafted by Bobin, as technicolored and happy as a musical picture has any right to be, and there are plenty of affectionate tips-of-the-hat to the core of Muppet mania." 11/19/2011

New York Times
"These are the same old, adorable Muppets, as sweetly innocent and likable as ever. Winking at itself, the movie is casually, amusingly self-reflexive." 11/23/2011

Movieline
"[T]he love Segel has for the Muppets is a genuine, perceivable and positive quality that suffuses this good-hearted revitalization of the franchise..." 11/22/2011

Hollywood Reporter
"[A] breezy, keen-to-please attitudes prevails, and director James Bobin moves things along with good cheer..." 11/17/2011

Washington Post
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "THE MUPPETS is both a delightful family film about the Muppets and a winking, self-referential satire..." 11/23/2011

A.V. Club
"[T]he film finds the Muppets? heart....The songs, largely written by FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS' Bret McKenzie, are cute and clever, and the gags are witty..." 11/22/2011

Entertainment Weekly
"For adults, the movie's gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now....And for kids...the movie is just shiny, funny, and filled with songs..." -- Grade: B 12/02/2011

Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t's Kermie, Piggy and the gang who rightly steal the show. THE MUPPETS slaps a smile on your face you won't want to wipe off." 12/08/2011

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "This update's great strength is that it marries classic Muppet antics with the most Muppety aspects of modern culture. You couldn't find two more apt human sidekicks than duo Segel and Adams..." 04/01/2012