Day 42: Muppets From Space (1999)

I have nothing better to do today than just sit around and watch a light-hearted someday featuring everybody's favorite puppet pals: The Muppets… In space!

Starring: Frank Oz, Jeffery Tambor, Rob Schneider
Directed By: Tim Hill

The Positives:

- First and foremost, I love that Netflix lists Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Gonzo as the cast of this film on their instant watch menu.
- Nothing like starting off a children's movie with a biblical figure telling a beloved muppet he's going to die.
- Though the Commodores' song "Brick House" has nothing to do with the scene it's used in, I liked that it was there.
- Matter of fact, the entire funk soundtrack was awesome.
- God bless Statler and Waldorf.
- Kermit the Frog was channeling his best Michael Bluth for this role.

- Thanks to this flick, Bobo the Bear has become my favorite Muppet.

The Negatives:

- The plot wore thin pretty quickly.
- There was a significant lack of any original Muppets' songs.

- Believe it or not, the muppets were better actors than some of the people playing bit parts.
- The "R U THERE" gags were a tad too silly, even for a 'Muppets' movie.

- Domestic animal abuse that wasn't even all that funny.
- I feel like most of the celebrity cameos in this film were wasted on stupid jokes or quirky characters. So. Much. Potential.

- Words can't describe how annoying I find Kathy Griffin.

- Katie Holmes' appearance will undoubtedly help me out when I play Six Degree of Separation, but otherwise she failed to make a positive impression.

- I found the revelation of the actual alien muppets underwhelming.
- For a film titled 'Muppets From Space', there isn't that much that happens in space.

Grade: C

It's a kids movie that doesn't aspire to be much more. It's too silly for my tastes, but it attempts to speak to the children in all of us.