5/5 great quality for the price
  by Melissa S. Lawson (nepa, usa)
this was a great deal and made my kids very happy. i am glad i could share kermit with them after all the years i watched him as achild. keep up the low prices and high quality!!

1/5 Tasteless, slapped-together, thoughtlessly made, shameful movie
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This is not the Muppets, and this is not the Wizard of Oz. This is exploitation trying to pass off as family entertainment.

This was made with only the present--not the past or the future--in mind. What exactly do I mean? Well, the past is neglected because the wit, charm, and spirit Jim Henson originally endowed the Muppets with is almost entirely gone; the future is neglected because the countless references to pop culture will date the movie severely, and within ten years no one will get half of them.
Indeed, the film focuses so much on the present--tries so hard to be "modern"--that it overloads itself with sex and pop culture references to the point of being disgusting. The events in the normally-innocent Wizard of Oz have almost invariably been changed to incorporate innuendo and other unsavory material (Example: The poppy field is now a trendy nightclub), and the humor has been taken in a similar direction, with constant jokes about nipples and being sexy. Do the creators really think that today's audiences will like any movie, even if it's badly made, as long as it's "hip" and "edgy"? Someone who didn't know any better might think the Muppets were doing some clever satire on what's happening with the film industry these days, but sadly, this is not the case.

If your kids are younger than 13, do not let them see this. Even if they're older, they probably shouldn't see it because it's painful to watch and a big waste of time and money.

~~LJB


3/5 The Weakest Muppet movie so far...
  by Kaori Libba Sparrow (USA)
This movie has a lot of great qualities, but it's got a few flaws as well. The big one being Ms. Ashanti and her god-awful acting!

The story was, oddly enough, a lot closer to the original book than Garland's version was. Which was a pleasant suprise for me, since I loved the book as a child much more than the famous Garland movie. The jokes had me rolling on the floor with laughter, and I was pleased that the Muppets weren't afraid to continue to entertain their adult audience as well as the little kids.

Speaking of the adult humor, I am irritated to read so many angry comments about them from other people's reviews here. Especially from those who claim to have watched the Muppets since they were kids.

I can't help but question if they've ever actually sat down and re-watched all of the Muppet shows and movies that came before this one...and if so, did they have a problem with the adult content/humor in them too? Adult content/humor has always been a part of the Muppets.

And many of the cartoons I grew up watching as a kid (as well as many of the ones that are on now from what I've seen) had lots of adult content and humor (far, far worse than anything that was said or shown in this movie), and it flys over the kids heads! That's why they're still enjoyable to many people of my generation even today, because it can still appeal to us even though we're all adults now. The same applies with the Muppets, and I'm glad they haven't been watered down over the years!

Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I shall now get back on track with the review itself.

It was a pleasure to see old faces (Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Camilla, etc), as well as my favorite "new" Muppets from "Muppets Tonight" (I can't wait for that to come out on dvd). As I said before, the jokes were great as well as the songs (well...the ones the Muppets sang anyway...).

I really didn't like Ms. Ashanti as Dorothy, she was more annoying than likeable to me and I wasn't all that impressed with her acting (the same applies to the teen pop stars from the Disney Channel who performed along side the Muppets in the two "Studio DC" specials). I was also less than impressed with the breif moments when CGI was used for The Great and Powerful Wizard (although...it was a cute touch when Gonzo got to see the Wizard).

Overall, I liked this movie. It's nowhere near as good as the other movies, but I really didn't think it was all that bad either (most of the bad reviews seem to stem from over-protective parents who are pretty clueless about the history of the Muppets, as well as american cartoons over the last 10-15 years...).

4/5 good re-make
  by B. Pierce (Mass)
i bought this after my son saw the original wizard of oz on tv. i didn't want to spend the 24$ on the real one. this was definitely a good second choice.... it was cute and a well made re-make of the movie.

1/5 NOT kid friendly
  by M. Adams
Of all the stupid things. I love the original muppets. We had a whole collection of the movies while I was growing up. IF you want a classic...you're looking in the wrong place. I'm a huge fan of the wizard of OZ as well...and this was so dumb.

If you're wanting to buy this for your kids...DONT! They have horrible "jokes" that are no where NEAR approprate for kids. This was a disgrace to the muppets. If you want a good muppet show, go back and get muppet treasure island, Hey Cinderella, The Frog prince, or the muppet movie. Trust me...and the other thousands of reviews, it's not even worth it.