A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever – his future muppet crew – while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
The Muppet Movie has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Muppet Movie was released in 1979 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 550 reviews, giving The Muppet Movie (1979) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 78%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Muppet Movie than critics were.
With a score of 78%, The Muppet Movie is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1979 with similar scores include films like Escape from Alcatraz, The Black Stallion and All That Jazz.
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