(8) The Muppets

The movie critique I choose to review for this blog was a critique by James Berardinelli from November 22, 2011 for “The Muppets” movie.

 I think the critic did a good job with his critique of this movie.  The critic started his critique with “The Muppets is a rare family film likely to appeal more to parents than to their offspring.” This sentence is very true.  I can remember taking my daughter and her friends to see this movie and remember laughing (at times) harder that the kids were.

The critic gives a brief summary of the movie, including stating that it has a “thin plot” and that “the storyline, as has always been the case with the Muppets, is an excuse for singing, dancing, witty exchanges, high-profile cameos, and the magic that happens when the old school felt-and-fuzz creatures come together on screen”.  The critic also states that the movie is more like a variety show. For those of us who remember watching The Muppets when we were younger will remember that the show was a variety show (for the most part).  It is not surprising that the movie is a lot like the television show.  James Berardinelli states in his review that “The Muppets proves that sometimes the best approach is not to tinker with a successful formula”, and he is absolutely correct in the case of this movie.

Way back when, The Muppets television show was known to have a different celebrity host each week.  Berardinelli states in his review “there’s a cavalcade of cameos, including Mickey Rooney, Emily Blunt, Sarah Silverman, Alan Arkin, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, Neil Patrick Harris, and James Carville”.

James Berardinelli ends his critique of The Muppets by stating that the movie is “good fun”, and that the token message from the movie is about the importance of family.  The role this movie critique might play in PR would be to inform parents of children (the intended publics) that this movie would be good for both the parents and the children.