The Muppets

After an 11-year hiatus, Jim Henson's lovable characters return to the big screen | Michael Leaser

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It's time to meet the Muppets—again. After an 11-year hiatus, Jim Henson's lovable characters return to the big screen in a film that is more of a stroll down memory lane than it is a reintroduction of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the gang.

Longtime Muppets fan Jason Segal (How I Met Your Mother) both co-wrote and starred in this loving, nostalgic treatment. Gary (Segal) and his muppet brother Walter (Peter Linz) grow up as huge fans of the late '70s-early '80s Muppet show, so when Gary decides to take his longtime girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams) to Los Angeles, he invites Walter to join them so Walter can fulfill his dream of visiting the Muppet theater.

When they arrive, they find the theater a dilapidated wreck that is being purchased by oil tycoon Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), who ostensibly wants to turn it into a Muppet museum but secretly plans to raze the theater and drill for oil. Walter overhears Richman's plans and convinces Kermit the Frog (Steve Whitmire) to reassemble the Muppets to put on a telethon that will raise the $10 million they need to retain the theater before Richman officially takes it over.