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IMDb rating 7.1
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Critic rating 7.3

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Critic Olly Richards
rated 8

...this is the Muppets as you fondly remember them: funny, smart and gleefully insane. Kermit, it’s great to have you back.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Henry Barnes
rated 8

Life's a happy song, as the film's big musical number testifies. Sing it loud enough to drown out the doubters.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Keith Phipps
rated 6

...remains fundamentally likeable. It does star Muppets, after all.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Cast & Crew

James Bobin
Director
Mickey Rooney
As Smalltown Resident
Whoopi Goldberg
As Whoopi Goldberg
Jack Black
As Jack Black (uncredited)
Sarah Silverman
As Greeter
Alan Arkin
As Tour Guide
Bill Cobbs
As Grandfather

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The Muppets are back in an all-new adventure! Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams), discover that a greedy oil tycoon, Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), is planning to destroy the Muppet Theater to drill for oil. To save their beloved theater, the trio must reunite Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, and the rest of the Muppets for the greatest Muppet telethon ever! But it won't be easy, as Fozzie is now a performer at a casino in Reno with a band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a fashion editor for large sizes at Vogue in Paris, Animal is trying to control his temper at a clinic in Santa Barbara, and Gonzo is a successful plumbing magnate. Can the Muppets come together and save their home? Find out in this hilarious and heartwarming comedy, The Muppets!

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Muppets include Sing, The Beat Beneath My Feet, The Cheetah Girls: One World, Bandslam, Bratz, Descendants.

When was The Muppets released in theaters? Toggle content

The Muppets was released in theaters on November 23, 2011.