Rating: PG
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 10/07/2003
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: MGM
What would life amongst the
Muppets have been without their unofficial leader
Kermit the Frog? That's the question posed by this made-for-TV confection, which not only spoofs the Yuletide classic
It's a Wonderful Life, but also takes satirical aim at such pop cultural phenomena as
Moulin Rouge and
Fear Factor. The plot is set in motion when typically evil banker
Rachel Bitterman (
Joan Cusack) forecloses on the
Muppets' famous variety theater, with the intention of building a gaudy nightclub. But
Bitterman's machinations take a back seat when apprentice guardian angel,
Daniel (
David Arquette), shows
Kermit (voiced by
Steve Whitmire) what conditions would have been had
Kermit never existed. Without going into full detail, suffice to say that a
Kermit-less world would have found
Miss Piggy (voiced by
Frank Oz) running a fraudulent psychic hot line,
Fozzie Bear as a homeless derelict, and
Sam the Eagle as a caged dancer at a rave. Decked out with cameo appearances by everyone from
Whoopi Goldberg to the cast of the TV series
Scrubs,
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie debuted over
NBC on November 29, 2002.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
