Rotten
During their late-70s heyday the Muppets won huge TV audiences with their corny puns and showbiz in-jokes, but stretched to feature length the formula loses some of its snap.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
The Great Muppet Caper
The Muppets... Scotland Yard... jewel thieves... lead to high adventure in London.
1981 · 1h 37m · G
Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Romance
Directed by
Jim Henson
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The Great Muppet Caper
Overview
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and the rest of the Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
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74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Rotten
We don't care about some dumb diamond the size of a baseball, and as Muppet fans we're probably also indifferent to Henson's ambition to satirize old movie genres.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The movie contains several more cheery, Disneyesque songs than are necessary, but they are made tolerable by the presence of Kermit and Miss Piggy.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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