In my never-ending search for adult-safe kids’ movies, I checked The Muppets Take Manhatten out from the library.

One word: hideous!
This is the movie that launched the Muppet Babies (in a musical dream sequence, no less!) If that crime against humanity wasn’t enough, the movie is slow, depressing, and has bad music.

Even the kids didn’t really like it.

Expectations were high, because we enjoyed the other Muppet movies we have seen: the original is a classic, Muppets from Outer Space is hilarious, Muppet Treasure Island is a surprisingly good rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story, and the Muppet Christmas Carol is the best safe-for-kids version I’ve ever seen.

Oh well, I’m glad I didn’t spend any money on it. It was mostly harmless–at least from the kids’ point of view. If my husband and I have nightmares, at least we can wake each other up.