Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

MARIO GAUCI One's first reaction after reading this film's cast list is: what is Quentin Tarantino doing in a Muppet movie?! Find the answer at the bottom of this review. This, then, follows on from the vastly superior MUPPETS Christmas CAROL (1992) and MUPPETS TREASURE ISLAND (1996) in adapting classic children's stories to suit the popular Jim Henson creations. Its relegation to TV – where it was even shorn of some 20 minutes – suggests the enterprise's intrinsic poverty: Kermit, Gonzo and Fuzzy are cramped inside the pre-ordained figures of Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion respectively (and the same goes for Rizzo as the leader of the Munchkins), while Miss Piggy is all over the place by playing all four Witches in L. Frank Baum's tale! Toto the dog is here incarnated in the prawn character from The Muppet Show: though it seems a highly unlikely choice, his laidback personality and hip quips prove the film's highlight in the long run. Dorothy, too, is a black wannabe entertainer (played by real-life 'superstar singer' Ashanti, with Queen Latifah as her aunt) – didn't they know the tale had already received a Blaxploitation makeover with THE WIZ (1978)? In keeping with the overall blandness of the thing, the songs are no great shakes but tolerable enough in themselves. To get back to that 'genius of modern American cinema', Tarantino appears briefly as himself (he seems to have resigned himself to the fact that the only way he can give a convincing interpretation is by playing Tarantino!) – still riding high on the wave of his KILL BILL success, he enthusiastically 'sells' a producer his personal (and typically flashy) approach to the climactic showdown between Dorothy and The Wicked Witch Of The West.

frankfob I don't think anyone expected this Muppet remake of the classic Judy Garland movie to be better than the original, or even as good as the original. But I don't think anyone expected it to be this far below it, either.I like the Muppets, and I'm not a kid. I saw "The Great Muppet Caper" not too long ago, and I actually enjoyed it, and I watched the old Muppet TV show regularly. So I figured that a remake of the "Wizard of Oz", Muppet-style, would be enjoyable. Brother, was I wrong.There are a host of problems with this film. To begin with, there's Ashanti. Her, to put it gently, "inexperience" as an actress shows in every frame. The best you can say for her is that she's bland. She has virtually no chemistry with the other performers--even Jeffrey Tambor in his relatively small on screen time clicks with them far better than she does--she doesn't dance very well (or, thankfully, very often) and while she sings OK, the songs are about as colorless as her performance, although one of them somehow wound up with an Emmy nomination. The script is weak, many of the jokes are lame, the CGI effects are mediocre--as another poster has mentioned, they should gone with Muppets instead of the cheesy CGI characters--and what in God's name is Quentin Tarantino doing in it? David Alan Grier is amusing and makes the most of what little time he has, and Queen Latifah seems a bit more at ease than she usually is, but overall this is the weakest of all the Muppet movies I've seen.

Jackson Booth-Millard Obviously this can never compare or surpass the 1939 classic, but it interesting to see the famous puppet team creating their own interpretation. One of the differences, besides it being Muppetised, is that Dorothy and family are black, second is that there are more "special" effects than in the 1939 version, and third, the main actress playing Dorothy is a professional chart topping singer, Ashanti. Anyway, you know the basic story already, but Dorothy doesn't just want to go home, but become a professional singer for the Muppets' tour. Starring the Muppets' as themselves in moments, but mainly Kermit the Frog (Steve Whitmire) as the Scarecrow, The Great Gonzo (Dave Goelz) as the Tin Thing, Fozzie Bear (Eric Jacobson) as the Cowardly Lion and Miss Piggy (Jacobson) as the Wicked Witch of the West, and the Good Witches of East and North. Also starring Bill Barretta as Pepe the Prawn (or Toto), Jeffrey Tambor as the Wizard, David Alan Grier as Uncle Henry, Queen Latifah as Auntie Em and Quentin Tarantino. It was nominated the Emmy for Best Song for "I'm With You". The Muppets were number 47 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Okay!

Simon Some people commenting on here didn't like that, especially the gentleman from Texas. Honestly, i liked it. Its telling the familiar tale of The Wizard of Oz with a modern feel and a crowd of puppets. I will say its not in the same league as Muppets Christmas Carol which was out of this world, but it does hold up. There are less human characters in it and more muppets. Miss Piggy as the wicked witches - who else could do the parts???? (I'm at the point where piggy is the WW of the West and dressed as a biker in leather.) Kermit is Scarecrow, Gonzo the tin thing (20 years watching the muppets, im still wondering what gonzo is?), Fozzie as the cowardly lion and Pepe the Prawn as, Toto. Ashanti is so gorgeous as Dorothy. I saw her at the start and during the film and thought "WOW"This is a good one for the kids or to watch if you like the muppets. With all films that are using a basic theme, forget the others, judge this by itself and not against any others. you'll love it.