The Muppets Take Manhattan

One of my favorite childhood movies!

In this 3rd movie of the Muppet series, they are hitting the road, and going to New York, but while they are taking Manhattan, I sure hope they return it when they are doen with it. This is the last Muppet movie that the late Jim Henson did, the series returned after his death with the Muppet Christmas Carol. But also imange what would be like for the Muppets to disband, and well you have this movie, which may not be the best one they have done. The Muppet perfromers for this movie are Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, and Richard Hunt. When the movie begins, the Muppets are perfoming in a colege theatre of thier show "Matthan Melodies" and they are just about to graudate for college. But while Kermit the Frog is onstage, when the show is over, the rest of the Muppets decide that thier show is good enough to take it to the next step, and that is broadway in case you have just joined us. But they then Kermit can't believe what they decided, but gets talked into it, so they head to broadway. Now they need is a producer, and looking through the ads, thier first one (Dabney Coleman) seems intersted, but wants the Muppets to pay him $300 each, I guess what he does get is they are just about flat broke, so how do they plan to get thier show on broadway? They keep trying with servel other producers, but one by one, they keep closing thier office door, which leads Kermit to get frusted, and he says that the Muppets depend on them to much. And with barely any money, they stop off at a restuarant, and while Kermit is placing an order, and having a chat with the owner/manger/etc (Louis Zorich), the rest of the Muppets decide to decide to stop depending on Kermit so much, so they they make a plan to go out and find jobs out of town, and of course Kermiet meets and becomes best friends with the owner's neiece Jenny (Juliana Donald). But before they go, they tell Kermit they have gotten better offers but out of town.

I enjoyed watching this movie with my kids. Great remaster!

I was a four-year-old tot when this movie came out. I remember watching it in the movies, but I only remember seeing a few scenes while there. When it came to video a year later, I remember watching it over and over, grossing my family members out. They liked it too, but it's hard to like it when one of your number is obsessing over it. My favorite part is probably when Kermit and Jenny are jogging in Central Park and Piggy's purse gets snatched. That sequence, leading up to the wagon ride and the Muppet Babies' song has always been so cool tome. And, the amnesia part where Kermit thinks he's part of a marketing agency is both cute and clever.Two of the great things about this DVD are that you have a choice of aspect ratio, both wide and full, plus a collection of nifty interviews with the late, great Jim Henson about his work and the Muppets. Watching it sparks memories and opens up other vistas (including when you watch it in widescreen). If you don't have it, get it. (I think I said something like that in another review.)

In the past 28 years of my life I think I can safely say that this is the greatest, most beautiful, and the most magnificent muppet movie ever made in the history of mankind. Beautiful acting, singing, and dancing and just brings you joy and tears of joy especially the infinitely grand wedding scene. I think throughout the course of my lifetime I have seen this particular muppet movie about 3500 times. My mama and papa bought me the VHS back in 93 and the DVD in 2002 and love them and cherish them forever. My second favorite Muppet movie is The Great Muppet Caper which is infinitely fabulous too but Muppets Take Manhattan wins the gold. Muppet Caper I've seen 3000 times , but this Muppets Take Manhattan i've seen the most-maybe even 4000 times!!!

It's amazing how you hear songs you haven't heard in decades. Then after a few opening notes the whole song comes back to you and you find yourself singing along with the film. That's what this movie is. After just a few moments in the opening scene the songs were all coming back. Even the little ones laughed and sang along after a few bars.This is one of those rare funny movies where there aren't any scary parts for little ones and there's no needless use of foul language or sexuality. So grab the movie and introduce a new generation to the MuppetsOf note in this film: Jim Henson had a plethora of celebrities make cameo appearances and in this film we're first introduced to what would later become the "Muppet Babies."

After 30 years I still enjoy this movie, a lot. Catchy songs, funny jokes, great secondary characters and great memories. By far still the best Muppets movie it's a shame its not available om disney plus but Amazon made my day. The dvd menu has some errors but the movie reproduces fine

Loved the movie

The best Muppet movies are the ones that use a high concept idea  The Muppet Christmas Carol , while the worst tend to be the  latter-day television specials  which are cheap, and in-jokey with little substance. Even the newer movies sell themselves on pop culture cameos more than innovation. Muppets Take Manhattan is middle ground, being too inoffensive to stand out and not imaginative enough to impress.It's all about Kermit wanting to put on a show (which is almost every damn Muppet movie in existence) on Broadway and his efforts to be taken seriously. The rest of the gang lose faith extremely quickly and abandon him (some friends!) leaving Kermit to bluff his way into an industry that wants nothing to do with him. Not taking no for an answer, he persists. If this is a somewhat autobiographical tale of Jim Henson and Frank Oz's humble beginnings it does lend a credible edge to the material. I think that Henson/Oz do their best work when being daring and edgy ( The Dark Crystal  , Little Shop of Horrors , and this Muppet adventure, being shot in and around the real Manhattan instead of studio sets, stops just a little shy of that. Kermit keeps complaining that the script for his big show is lacking "something" that he can't quite figure out. I believe that this was a meta moment for Henson/Oz as this movie also lacks just the little extra spark it needs to be a real classic.Still better than the sanitized Disney Muppets we are stuck with these days.The Blu-ray is in 1.85:1 1080p with DTS HD-MA sound and a tiny coupling of extras.(Jason Voorhees fans will get the little joke in my review title) The Muppet Christmas Carollatter-day television specialsThe Dark CrystalLittle Shop of Horrors

In my opinion the best Muppet movie. What's not to love?!

I got this because I absolutely loved this as Kid and I still do now It works great

I've been wanting to buy this movie for AGES!It's my favorite Muppet movie of all time and reminds me of the good old days of sitting and watching it with my grandparents.A must see and fantastic quality!

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