The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

  • 78% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (34,695 ratings)

The Great Muppet Caper is the second Muppet film and it is considerably more complex than its predecessor, The Muppet Movie, which was essentially just a road movie. As the film begins, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are reporters who have failed to bag a story of a London jewel heist, which… More

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Genres
Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1981 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

    During their late-70s heyday the Muppets won huge TV audiences with their corny puns and showbiz in-jokes, but stretched to feature length the formula loses some of its snap.

  • Tom Milne, Time Out

    The songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    We don't care about some dumb diamond the size of a baseball, and as Muppet fans we're probably also indifferent to Henson's ambition to satirize old movie genres.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    The movie contains several more cheery, Disneyesque songs than are necessary, but they are made tolerable by the presence of Kermit and Miss Piggy.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    Perhaps the shallowest of the three classic Muppet films... But even an imperfect Henson movie is bound to have quite a lot of charm.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bentley L


    Of all the Muppet movies I've seen, I enjoyed this the least. I couldn't follow the plot at some points and the story just didn't intrest me. The Muppets solving a mystery just isn't my type. But there is still funny quotes and the movie has its moments. That is… More

  • AJ V


    A good story, but not as funny as the first movie. I liked this movie when I was a kid, but now that I see it again, it's not as good as I remembered. Anyway, it's enjoyable and kids will like it.

  • Jennifer D


    I'm sorry, but how does anyone NOT love the Muppets. Especially with Charles Grodin.

  • Anthony L


    The Muppets come to London! Whoo Hoo, this might be my favourite of the Muppet films but only by a tiny bit. I love the Muppets!

  • Ken S


    This Muppet film never really did it for me. It's certainly not the worst in the series, but it seems to lack the "magic" of the first two. That being said the bicycle sequence and the dancing are both amazing pieces of puppetry.

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