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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2002 · 88 min

A warm, silly holiday treat full of puppetry chaos and gentle life-affirming lessons.

Tagline: An inspirational, celebrational Muppets Christmas!
Overview: The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
found family
redemption
faith
love
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, family
Directed by: Kirk R. Thatcher
Written by: Jim Lewis, Tom Martin
Starring: Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson, David Arquette, Joan Cusack, Matthew Lillard, William H. Macy
Music: Mark Watters
Cinematography: Tony Westman
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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