Kermit the Bear, Fozzie Bear, and Gonzo are reporters working in London, England who have to foil a group of nefarious jewelry thieves after said thieves frame Miss Piggy for stealing some priceless diamonds.
Director Jim Henson keeps the enjoyable story moving along at a brisk pace, maintains an amiable tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, and stages the uproarious slapstick antics with tremendously infectious go-for-it verve. Moreover, the lively song and dance numbers are a treat to watch, with the loopy parody of a Busby Berkley-style water ballet routine featuring Miss Piggy in her glamorous prime rating as a definite gut-busting highlight. Better still, this movie has plenty of clever and inspired breaking-the-fourth-wall meta moments that happily poke fun at the whole filmmaking process. This picture further benefits from sharp cameos by John Cleese, Robert Morley, Peter Ustinov (who gets beat up by Miss Piggy), and Jack Warden, plus ubiquitous British bit player Reg Thomason can be spotted several times as a restaurant patron (he's irritable the old guy with the young woman who Gonzo tries to take a photo of). Diana Rigg vamps it up deliciously as the haughty Lady Holiday while Charles Grodin contributes a spot-on smarmy performance as Holiday's no-count rotter brother Nicky. A total riot.
Director Jim Henson keeps the enjoyable story moving along at a brisk pace, maintains an amiable tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, and stages the uproarious slapstick antics with tremendously infectious go-for-it verve. Moreover, the lively song and dance numbers are a treat to watch, with the loopy parody of a Busby Berkley-style water ballet routine featuring Miss Piggy in her glamorous prime rating as a definite gut-busting highlight. Better still, this movie has plenty of clever and inspired breaking-the-fourth-wall meta moments that happily poke fun at the whole filmmaking process. This picture further benefits from sharp cameos by John Cleese, Robert Morley, Peter Ustinov (who gets beat up by Miss Piggy), and Jack Warden, plus ubiquitous British bit player Reg Thomason can be spotted several times as a restaurant patron (he's irritable the old guy with the young woman who Gonzo tries to take a photo of). Diana Rigg vamps it up deliciously as the haughty Lady Holiday while Charles Grodin contributes a spot-on smarmy performance as Holiday's no-count rotter brother Nicky. A total riot.