The Muppets
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- funny
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
How every film is hand-scored →When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a telethon show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
Our read · The Muppets (2011) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · family · music entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
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The shape of The Muppets
What watching it is actually like.
“You want big-hearted puppet musical nostalgia with genuine joy tonight.”
Skip it tonight — Musicals annoy you or you want anything darker than sunshine.
The reading.
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