TRUEFILM Magazine Issue 1, May 2014 | Page 20

Film Reviews

Film Reviews
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MUPPETS MOST WANTED

NOAH

Whitmire, Eric Jacobson

Watson, Logan Lerman, Anthony Hopkins

DIRECTOR James Bobin
CAST Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Steve
Kermit and co. were successfully resurrected in
2011, but it appears that director James Bobin is
having a slight bit of ‘second movie syndrome’ with
Muppets: Most Wanted. Even the opening number
recognises that sequels are never as good.
The Muppets carry on from where they left off
and head out on a world tour, but when Kermit is
replaced by Constantine – the most wanted frog in
the world – as a cover up for a host of audacious
art-thefts, things become strange, and it doesn’t go
unnoticed. Ricky Gervais is Constantine’s human
sidekick Dominic Badguy (“It’s pronounced
Badgey. It’s French”), who provides generous
helpings of sweet-natured slapstick humour and
puts aside the whole ‘friends first’ rule.
The film’s opening number We’re Doing a Sequel is
a fantastic toe tapper and the musical numbers, by
Bret Mackenzie, are what really carry the film from
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DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky
CAST Russell Crowe, Ray Winstone, Emma
start to finish. The film is a lot darker than previous
Muppets’ films, it’s busily plotted, and is in some
ways frantic and overstuffed. Celebrity cameos are
something The Muppets are renowned for and
here they come