Synopsis
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
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Cast
- Jim HensonKermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / The Muppet Newsman
- Frank OzMiss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal (voice)
- Dave GoelzGonzo / Beauregard / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Lobbuck Lou
- Jerry NelsonFloyd Pepper / Pops / Lew Zealand / Crazy Harry / Louis Kazager
- Richard HuntScooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba
- Steve WhitmireRizzo the Rat / Lips (voice)
- Charles GrodinNicky Holiday
- Diana RiggLady Holiday
- John CleeseNeville
- Jack WardenMike Tarkenian
Recommendations
- 90
Washington Post
Utterly delightful. [26 June 1981, p.D1] - 88
LarsenOnFilm
Ballooning. Biking. Swimming. Parachuting. The Great Muppet Caper represented a giant leap for Muppetkind, in only their second big-screen outing. - 80
IGN
In what could be the one of the best opening movie scenes I've ever seen, for example, Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo hover next to the opening credits in a hot air balloon, wondering how soon they will finish. - 80
Variety
As before, much of the dialog neatly walks the line between true wit and silly (and sometimes inside) jokes. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
The film boasts fewer guest-star cameo appearances than the first time around but those who are here do a good job, and Miss Piggy's Busby Berkeley-type dance and the water ballet are fun to watch. - 70
The New York Times
Here is a thoroughly genial movie, a combination of A.A. Milne, Busby Berkeley and a small bit of Blake Edwards. - 70
Chicago Reader
John Cleese, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, and Muppet creator Jim Henson make cameo appearances, but they're all upstaged by an uncredited Peter Falk, whose monologue on a park bench opposite Kermit the Frog is an exercise in virtuoso daffiness. - 60
Time Out
The songs are routine, but the inconsequential plot leaves plenty of time for engaging asides like the blandly silly dinner-table dialogue between a well-bred couple (Cleese and Sanderson) determined not to notice that their home has been invaded by little furry creatures.
