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Show all (5)On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary and Mary from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate.
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It's hard out here for a Muppet.
The old gang has long since broken up. Their once-loyal fans have moved on to newer, shinier, hipper forms of entertainment. Fozzie Bear makes ends meet as part of a dreary "Muppet tribute band," called the Moopets, at a run-down casino in Reno. Miss Piggy seems to have found success as the "plus-size editor" of Paris Vogue, but her only real source of joy comes from a plate of glazed doughnuts.
And Kermit the Frog -- poor, poor Kermit, he lives all alone in the house in Beverly Hills once meant for him and Piggy, surrounded by vestiges of his former glory, wracked by regret that he has kept in such poor touch with his friends.
Ingeniously written by Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel (who also plays one of the human roles), The Muppets finds an excuse to bring them all back together: An evil entrepreneur named Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) is about to take over the now-derelict Muppet Studios, with plans to tear it down and drill for oil below; the Muppets have just two (Full review)