Noël chez les Muppets

I'm not a big fan of the Muppet Show's loud and low comedy, so I can't claim to be surprised by not being that impressed by the Muppet take on Dickens' tale. It's the usual blend of pratfalls, cheap humor and bad puns I would expect from the franchise. What did surprise me was what a great Scrooge the show had in Michael Caine. He plays the role straight, and he beautifully captures the hard-hearted businessman tortured by Christmas spirits. It's really a shame he never made a real Christmas Carol movie; I think he would have done a terrific job. I saw this with my girlfriend's family, and they all loved it to death. But I just don't get it.

Regardless of how it compares to its source material, Muppets Christmas Carol is, for me, the only movie that MUST be watched on Christmas Day. It's daft, funny, and, incredibly, very moving! To get an audience so emotionally-invested in a film filled with felt-covered puppets is a feat in itself. Most of this is down to Michael Cane - his performance is just perfect; I genuinely believe this to be his finest. The music and songs are largely stellar, with a couple of tunes that seem phoned-in. The puppetering is of course brilliant, with the characters being adorable and, most importantly, believable. You've all seen this movie, I'm sure, but I urge you to revisit it and be amazed as to how a Muppets movie accomplishes so much more than the majority of other movies do. Feel-good movie; you must be a Scrooge to think otherwise.

Every holiday season as I search for my favorite classics my first pull has always been The Muppet Christmas Carol. Its a wonderful and funny film about Charles Dickens classic novel. I love gonzos impression of Dickens and his little rat friend is hilarious. Kermit the frog is wonderful as usual as Bob Crachit and miss piggy was the perfect Mrs. Crachit. The singing is always fun to sing along to. For such a wonderful holiday classic I give it a 10/10!

This is the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story (no major changes, apart from two Marleys) made into a film, filled with Muppets. This followed the death of Jim Henson in 1990, and also Richard Hunt in 1992, Jim's son Brian is debut director of this film. Sir Michael Caine is fantastic as Scrooge, probably the best one I've ever seen. The Great Gonzo (Dave Goelz) playing Charles Dicken and Rizzo the Rat (Steve Whitmire) playing himself follow Scrooge around as the story is told. It also appears Kermit the Frog (Whitmire) as Bob Cratchit, his nephew Robin (Jerry Nelson) as the loving Tiny Tim, Fozzie Bear (Frank Oz) as Fozziwig, and of course, Miss Piggy (Oz) as Mrs. Cratchit. I think Caine's best moments are those of sadness and happiness, although he is good grumpy too. He is also very good at singing towards the end when Scrooge has realised the spirit of Christmas. The Muppets were number 47 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Very good!

You may think my review title hyperbolic but!!! this is one of my favourite movies The best adaptation of A Christmas Carol and Michael Caines finest role