Movie · 2014 · Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Family · 1h 47m · PG · English
Curator score: 3.8/10 (170K ratings)
Taking the world by farce.
Overview
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
Ratings
Curator score: 3.8/10
IMDb: 6.4/10
Letterboxd: 3.30/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 61
TMDB: 6.3/10
Director
James Bobin
Production
Walt Disney Pictures, Mandeville Films, The Muppets Studio
Cast
Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, Tony Bennett, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Hiddleston, Ross Lynch, Salma Hayek Pinault, Ray Liotta, James Pasierbowicz, Richard Herdman, Luke Howard, Pete Meads
Where to watch
Disney Plus
Curator Review
Verdict
A breezy, joke-dense caper that leans into the Muppets’ strongest suit: musical chaos, guest-star absurdity, and heartfelt silliness. It’s not as universally beloved as the 2011 film, but it delivers enough clever gags, catchy numbers, and fast-moving spoof energy to make it an easy recommend for families and comedy fans.
Best for
Muppets fans
family audiences
musical comedy fans
light caper and heist stories
viewers who enjoy celebrity cameos and meta humor
Skip if
you want the emotional warmth of the 2011 Muppets film
you dislike broad slapstick and pun-heavy comedy
you need a tightly plotted crime movie
you’re not into self-aware, cartoonish family entertainment
Overview
Muppets Most Wanted is a sequel that understands the assignment: keep the pace brisk, keep the jokes coming, and let the songs do a lot of the heavy lifting. The European tour setup gives the movie a playful spy-heist shape, and the evil-doppelgänger premise is exactly the kind of ridiculous conceit the Muppets can make feel natural.
Worth noting
It’s less tender than The Muppets and a little more scattershot, but it compensates with a stronger emphasis on caper mechanics and absurd supporting turns. The celebrity cameos and musical set pieces are often the punchline, and that’s part of the fun.
Bottom line
If you’re already on the Muppets wavelength, this is an easy watch: colorful, fast, and knowingly silly without becoming cynical. It may not be the franchise high point, but it’s a solid, underappreciated sequel with enough charm to justify the trip.
Top Letterboxd reviews
James (Schaffrillas) (4★) · 3020 likes
My biggest shame is not seeing this movie in theaters, I'm sorry for failing you Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
🐌 (4.5★) · 2896 likes
me: i like to think i rate movies fairly.
letterboxd: you rated The Muppets 5 stars and The Muppets Most Wanted 4.5 stars while you rated Taxi Driver 2.5 stars
me: did i stutter
sindhu (3★) · 2037 likes
the fact that the big twist of the movie is that ricky gervais is a furry is fucking terrifying
𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠˚✩*ੈ˚ (3★) · 1607 likes
my dad almost at the end of the movie:
“wait... so did the frogs switch?”