I kind of liked two of the musical numbers in this one, and I felt like the Muppets themselves were true to their original characters, but the magic was just not there for me. The bad Kermit character Constantine steals the show, but everything else falls flat and feels like a waste of time. Gone are the glory days of the early original Muppet movies, with memorable songs that brought a tear to your eye, and earnest storylines that had you actually care for the characters and root for a happy ending. Now it's just more of the same: simple by-the-numbers story with Muppet characters shoe-horned in. The best moment in this film was the few seconds we see Rainbow Connection from 1979 on a television.

2.5 Stars (out of 5)