November 17th, 2009 
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‘Tis the season for love, laughter, and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. Academy Awar… More >>
The Muppet Christmas Carol – Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition
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Mom, Dad, isn’t this cool, now everybody in the world is going to see what I wrote down. This means that someone in India will read this stuff.
Rating: 1 / 5
Something is just not right when you mix “muppets” and “drama” together. The dark and dreary setting only enhances the unsettling mood of this movie. Neither my kids nor I have ever really enjoyed it, though we’ve tried with multiple viewings. We still prefer the first Muppet Movie much more.
Rating: 2 / 5
I loved this movie on VHS, but I really love this movie now that I can watch it with or without the sappy non-Christmas song!
Rating: 5 / 5
Behold, the “Muppet” version of the classic Dickens’ holiday horror story. The macabre premise of ghosts and things that go *bump* in the night is softened by the whimsical critters made popular by Jim Henson, bless his heart.
It’s no small wonder that Scrooge (played by Kermit) begins to experience nightmares, after a long bout with severe social anxiety and antisocial personality disorder. I imagine anyone would have such psychological problems if they were being stalked by a large singing pig wearing a blond wig. I know I would. Why, I’d be afraid to open up to anyone, too!
The situation is made worse by the hallucinations Kermit starts having at night. He seems much more at ease with the spectres that haunt his dreams than he does with other talking frogs, however- a curiousity that is never quite explained in this film.
Scrooge/Kermit takes us on a journey into his own psyche, where his fears take form and he sees his life as it is, and will be if he doesn’t do something about his stalker.
Rather than call the police about her and get an order of protection or telling his frog family to bugger off, he enters a state of denial, fantisizing that everything will be good in his life if he just gives in to the demands of others.
Gleefully, the other characters commence spending his fortune on themselves. One can only imagine that they are too selfish and impatient to wait for their inheritance, and we hope that Kermit/Scrooge does not truly die alone, as his nightmarish premonition suggested.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a great and wonderful movie EXCEPT for the really stupid and sappy song “The Love Is Gone”. On our well-worn VHS, we always fast forwarded through that particular song. I am really pleased to read in the comments and reviews that the DVD omits that song on the widescreen version.
Rating: 5 / 5