Muppets From Space
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Movie Reviews of Muppets From Space
Movie Review: Great Family Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely loved this entertaining muppet adventure. Great for the entire family.Movie Review: Good wholesome fun
Summary: 5 Stars
Good for all ages. You can't go wrong with the Muppets.Movie Review: Lacking some of the Henson magic, but still a lot of fun.
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie has some big shoes to fill. The original Muppet Movie, Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol and the Muppet take on Treasure Island are classics in my mind. Muppets from Space ranks about fourth of the six, but these are six films at the top of the list of all time favorites. This film holds more tru to the earlier films, where our favorite fuzzy friends play themselves and the cameos fly fast and furious. Gonzo (The Whatever) decides that he is tired of being the only Muppet that is specialy challenged. A series of dreams and a sequence lifted directly from Contact help him to realize that he is actually from "Out there". Not only that, but his family is finally ready to come get him. From here the movie does what Muppet films do best- Vaudeville type gags and pop culture references that sometimes fly over children's heads, but help keep parents entertained. I originally saw this film with my wife, brother, sister in law and 6 year old niece. We adults (all raised on The Muppets on TV and at the movies) laughed longer, harder and more often than the moppet. References to contemporary science fiction films and TV series abound and are among the more clever gags peppered through the movie. Be sure to keep an eye open for a reference to Brent Spiner's appearance in ID4 once Kermit and friends get into the secret lab. It's a riot. The ending of the film is the only place it really misfires. It can be seen from a mile off and we all knew what would happen before we even entered the theater. Bu that's OK. We need the happy ending for the kids. The first 90 minutes were for us.Movie Review: Okay movie... fantastic DVD!
Summary: 4 Stars
Not the best of the Muppet movies but not the worst either, "Muppets From Space" is an enjoyable comedy that finally answers the age-old question, "Just what the heck is Gonzo, anyway?" Some of the older Muppets, like Piggy and Fozzie, take a back seat in this one while we get more of a spotlight on Rizzo and Pepe -- but Gonzo still steals the show in this flick. My biggest complaint about the movie itself has to be the music -- no new Muppet songs! All of the songs they sing are old rock n' roll, which is all well and good, but when I see the Muppets, I want to hear new music as good as "Rainbow Connection" and Together Again."The great DVD makes up for the small inadequacies of the film, though. Unlike SOME Muppet DVDs, this disc has both fullscreen AND the far superior widescreen versions (are you listening, Disney?), plus a bevy of extras including deleted scenes, music videos and a fantastic commentary track. Not only is director Tim Hill joined by Kermit, Gonzo and Rizzo for the commentary, but they all appear as "shadows" at the bottom of the screen, not unlike an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It's a great technique, and I'd love to see it done more often (especially with movies like this), although I do wish that turning this feature on didn't disable the subtitles. I usually watch subtitles when I have a commentary on to compensate for the diminished volume of the movie itself.
All in all, probably the best Muppet DVD there is. Fans should love it.
Movie Review: The least of the Muppet adventures, but still a great ride!!
Summary: 4 Stars
In some ways MUPPETS FROM SPACE tries to recreate the feel of the original Muppet Movie, and it does fairly well. The Muppets aren't tackling roles in classic literature here, they're back to being themselves in an adventure beyond rationalization. However, certain things cry out that are missing that keep this movie from reaching the same level as any of the previous films. One, there is only one song in the entire movie that the Muppets perform and it was already a big hit. While the funk soundtrack is definitely exciting and humorous, I miss the terrifically zany Muppet songs. Two, Gonzo is tortured at one point in this film and is frightened. Anyone who has watched the previous films knows Gonzo likes pain. That's one of his endearingly weird qualities. And three, if Gonzo's contemplating leaving the planet with his new found brothers, and he's saying goodbye to everybody, where is his girlfriend Camilla? He'd definitely say goodbye to her. At first I had a fourth point as well, we don't want to know what Gonzo is, but if you think about it they still don't answer that fully. That "spaceship" could have came from Cleveland. I don't know, but it could have. In any case, the Muppet magic is still present, the cameo appearances were humorous, and the various movie references still make me laugh. I'll always love the Muppets and as far as I'm concerned, they can't make a bad movie. Long live Dave Goelz!!!!