If it doesn't quite manage to equal the total satisfaction of its predecessor, it's hard to get too persnickety about a picture as joyful and sweet as this one.

| Jun 18, 2016

The magic is largely missing this time. It starts promisingly enough with a rather good song about the pitfalls involved in doing a sequel but, after that, invention seems to flag and many opportunities are missed.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 11, 2014

The fact is that Henson never lost his appreciation for non-conformity, whereas Bobin and Stoller are company men at heart. Yet the Muppets have a life of their own, and it's good to see them live on.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2014

A lot of effort has gone into giving it the look and feel of a '60s heist movie. Sadly it had a disappointing opening at the US box office. It deserves better.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 9, 2014

While this may lack the emotional clout of The Muppets star/co-writer Jason Segel's original reboot (leading man Ricky Gervais doesn't really do feelings), it doesn't skimp on good old-fashioned variety entertainment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2014

It lacks the original's fuzzy heart and the story drags in the middle but the quick-fire scene changes mean you're never too far from the next 'waka, waka, waka'.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 28, 2014

There is plenty of brash, Mel Brooks-style humour here but the plotting becomes increasingly soporific and repetitive.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 28, 2014

When a film delivers so much unalloyed pleasure, we can live without structure.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 28, 2014

Sad to report that James Bobin's follow-up to his bizarre and adorable 2011 franchise reboot, The Muppets, mostly errs on the side of caution.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2014

James Bobin's direction and writing are assured, and there are some funny moments ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2014

This may be the best Muppet film since - well - the last one. That's praise enough.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 27, 2014

Kermit and co return for a delectable, gag-laden Euro pudding that might just be a Muppet masterpiece.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 27, 2014

Too much of the joy imparted by Muppets Most Wanted has too little to do with the Muppets themselves.

| Mar 26, 2014

Nearly as good as the last film - the starrier cameos compensating somewhat for the more scattershot plot - this is fun but could have been more deeply felt.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 24, 2014

Is "Muppets Most Wanted" a likable picture? Of course; we're talking about Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy after all.

| Original Score: 2.1/2 | Mar 21, 2014

Kids will enjoy it, and there are more than enough clever gags to keep parents amused. But the film lacks the tenderness and rich nostalgia that made The Muppets such an improbable delight.

| Mar 21, 2014

The songs are infectious, but the rest (despite turns by Tina Fey and Ty Burrell) lacks some of the gang's usual feel-good joy.

| Original Score: B | Mar 21, 2014

Opens with a self-referential song that comments on the fact that sequels are never quite as good as the film that inspired them and then goes on to prove the point.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 21, 2014

The only thing better than one Kermit is two. And the only thing better than two Kermits is one with a Russian accent.

| Mar 21, 2014

The way that "Muppets Most Wanted" grabs for the green is criminal.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 21, 2014