Muppets Most Wanted

Muppets Most Wanted

Rating 5 out of 10

I had another date with my lovely granddaughter that I always look forward to.  We were trying to decide between the Muppets and Mr Peabody.  Movie times made the decision for us.  I have been a Muppets fan for many years.  The kid in me always liked that type of humor.

In this movie we find there is another frog in a frozen Russian prison that is very evil and except for a mole on his right cheek looks just like Kermit.  When he breaks out of the prison he, with the help of his Number Two Dominic (Ricky Gervais) swaps places with Kermit.  He uses the Muppets with a world wide come back tour to mask their big robberies.  Kermit is thrown into the frozen brink run by the show tunes loving Nadya (Tina Fey).

This movie begins with the ending of last Muppets movie in 2011 with them realizing because the cameras are sticking around that the studio has given them a sequel and they need to come up with a story line.  They really should have tried a little harder.  The movie has some of the cute laughs you would normally get with a Muppets movie.  The plot really seems like it was written on the back of a cocktail napkin after a night of drinking.  It is void of the songs the kids like or many of the big names they usually pepper the movie with.

I was mildly entertained.  My granddaughter as soon as the Junior Mints ran out began to ask if it was almost over.