Film198195 min

The Great Muppet Caper

Name: The Great Muppet Caper
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Music, Mystery
Released: 1981
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt

Taste attributes: comedycrimefamilymusicmysterymusic/danceadventuremusicalfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questfighting evilsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeWholesome and accessible: a glossy crime comedy, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Pace: very fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.8 /10

TMDB · 193 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.

Synopsis: TMDB