It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)

Directed by

Kirk Thatcher

Genre

children's film, comedy television program, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 106 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Kermit the Frog loses hope of saving the Muppet Theatre. An angel shows him what the world would be like if he had never been born.

feel-goodwhimsicallightheartednostalgicsentimentalplayfulhopeful

What happens

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 American musical fantasy comedy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis. The film premiered November 29, 2002 on NBC and is the first television film featuring the Muppets. The film was produced by The Jim Henson Company and NBC Studios. It stars Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, and Eric Jacobson, as well as David Arquette, Joan Cusack, Matthew Lillard, William H. Macy, and Whoopi Goldberg. The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel who shows him a world in which he was never born. The film is a homage to Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, which has a similar plot. This was the first Muppets production without the involvement of veteran performer Frank Oz. Instead, Eric Jacobson performed Oz's characters Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Animal, marking his feature film debut as those characters. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is the final Muppets production before the characters and franchise were acquired in 2004 by the Walt Disney Company from the Jim Henson Company. It is one of the few Muppets-related productions that are currently not owned by the Walt Disney Company, and along with Sam and Friends, is currently owned by NBCUniversal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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