Storyline
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
Directors
Cast
Elliott Gould, Joan Rivers, Frank Oz, Kathryn Mullen, John Landis, Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Linda Lavin, Brooke Shields, Liza Minnelli, Gates McFadden, Dabney Coleman, Jim Henson, David Lazer, Graham Brown, Jerry Nelson, Lonny Price, Art Carney, Gregory Hines, Ed Koch, James Coco, Richard Hunt, Juliana Donald, Louis Zorich, Frances Bergen, Vincent Sardi Jr., Bruce Edward Hall
Trailer
Reviews
90
The Muppets Take Manhattan is a genuinely fun confection of old-fashioned entertainment.
88
Miami Herald
The best parts of the movie, as in all Muppet ventures, are when director Frank Oz takes the action into pure fantasy. [13 July 1984, p.D1]
80
During the 94 minutes of this delightful movie, the Muppets graduate from college, hit New York, are parted and reunited minutes before curtain-up, with Kermit saved from amnesia by a right hook from Miss Piggy.
80
Despite the predictable mix of humor, musical numbers, and celebrity cameos (Art Carney, Liza Minnelli, Gregory Hines, Joan Rivers, etc), the movie is breezily fun and every bit as entertaining as its predecessors.
75
The Muppets Take Manhattan is yet another retread of the reliable old formula in which somebody says "Hey, gang! Our senior class musical show is so good, I'll bet we could be stars on Broadway!" The fact that this plot is not original does not deter you, Kermit, nor should it. It's still a good plot.
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