The Muppets have this amazing ability to make pop culture timeless. It's weird, isn't it? But they make popular actors and stars have unforgettable performances, and give them humor that will last for a long time. Clearly, I'm a fanboy. But The Muppets are a group that leave me expecting nothing less than a masterpiece.
Is Muppets: Most Wanted a masterpiece? No, not really. It has its problems. It has some unfortunately gaping plot holes and some weird forced characterizations. It's music isn't nearly as memorable as the original film, and it's not quite as heartfelt or emotionally investing. What it lacks in emotional content it makes up for in zany comedy.
That's not necessarily a blessing. Unlike the prequel, it feels like this film is REALLY aimed at children. It doesn't give its adult audience too much to feel smart about, unlike the first movie, which was packed with references to past film genres and tendencies, as well as a much broader sense of humor. I guess in some ways that's letting The Muppets get back to their roots. But in other ways, it hinders the movie from what I can see as its full potential, being something special for both adults and children.
The cameo's in this work as well as you could hope from any Muppets movie. Tina Fey is predictably brilliant, Ricky Gervais is pretty great too, managing to play a predictable bad guy, but a fun one nonetheless. My personal favorite cameo has to go to Ty Burrell, playing a hilarious French Interpol inspector working with Sam Eagle to track down the evil Constantine. But none of these cameo's had quite the punch they could have. Some of them played to the actors strengths, while others played to just having another cameo of a famous person. Some of it worked, some of it didn't. Tom Hiddleston's definitely worked.
Overall, there's not much to say about The Muppets: Most Wanted. This is a throwback review, and not much of the movie stuck with me. So I guess that really says it all about how I felt about it.
Rank - 2.5/5
The cameo's in this work as well as you could hope from any Muppets movie. Tina Fey is predictably brilliant, Ricky Gervais is pretty great too, managing to play a predictable bad guy, but a fun one nonetheless. My personal favorite cameo has to go to Ty Burrell, playing a hilarious French Interpol inspector working with Sam Eagle to track down the evil Constantine. But none of these cameo's had quite the punch they could have. Some of them played to the actors strengths, while others played to just having another cameo of a famous person. Some of it worked, some of it didn't. Tom Hiddleston's definitely worked.
Overall, there's not much to say about The Muppets: Most Wanted. This is a throwback review, and not much of the movie stuck with me. So I guess that really says it all about how I felt about it.
Rank - 2.5/5
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