A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa

I originally watched this movie last Christmas. Surprisingly, they showed it multiple times on Comedy Network (basically Canada's version of Comedy Central): not exactly a network aimed at children. I'm a younger adult who's familiar with the muppets, but was born after their best years, so I wasn't sure exactly what to expect.Don't expect an Emmy winning effort or anything more than a super-thin plot here, on those metrics the movie doesn't do much (it was originally made for TV after-all). However, it manages to get over these issues by having just a really fun Christmas atmosphere and some decent family-friendly jokes. In particular, Kermit and Pepe really drive this release. At times, for adult viewers, it is cheesy to say the least, but somehow with the Muppets even that seems forgivable. There are some great parts in this movie, starting with some great slapstick and overall comedy of how much damage the Muppets manage to do at the post office, to a great Sopranos reference (seems like the writers threw this in especially for adult viewers), to the humor of an actual airline that goes to the North Pole, to Whoopi Goldberg's interrupting of a heartfelt song to ask for money. As mentioned, the plot is thin, but it's enough to hold all the funny clips together. The songs are simple, but don't drag on and seem to work.Perhaps the worst-part is the ending. As another reviewer noted, there was so much potential at the North Pole, but they seem to leave as soon as they arrive and it just feels underwhelming. Then there is a cheesy, lazy ending that really "wraps things up" out of nowhere. The movie could have been a little bit longer in return for a stronger ending. Additionally, some viewers may be disappointed that many of the Muppets only make appearances at the start and end of the film, it is primarily Kermit, Gonzo, Pepe, and Rizzo earning the screentime.All of the above issues aside, I still give this 4 stars because while I never turned on the TV purposely to watch it, whenever it came on Comedy Network last Christmas, I never changed the channel and ended up watching it probably 5 times or so. And this year I've found myself searching it out again. Overall, the spirit, fun attitude and atmosphere, and Christmas cheer of this movie really manage to make up for its shortcomings.

The Muppets return to their days of glory with "Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa". Very nice story - - lots of Muppets laughs - - set designs to rival "The Muppets Christmas Carol" and more will make this one of those Christmas classics that will be played year after to year to come.My only question is why with all the new HD tv's - - the lower prices for Blu Ray players - - - and knowing that this was shot and originally aired in HD format - - why is this being put out in only old dvd quality.A bunch of older Christmas classics are being rereleased on Blu Ray this year - - so why release the New Christmas show in the old format? I guess the answer is - - that I and all the other Muppet fans will buy this no matter how it is released.You should too - - Merry Christmas.

Growing up, we watched the Muppets and loved all the crazy characters. Now with kids in tow, we wanted them to share our love of the crazy Muppets Gang.Note, this is on Amazon for under $10, with that in mind, it's a great price for this holiday story. If it gets priced much higher, then I'll wait for it to drop in price again.We found it to be a good story for our toddler age kids, if they grew up with Letters to Santa, the older kids might not mind this particular story. Other reviewers have stated that the plot is too simplified, but I think that's fine when it comes to Holiday movies.For now, in our family it's a Holiday classic, we love all the Muppet characters in this made for tv movie, and have this DVD in our family entertainment collection.

I have been a fan of The Muppets since childhood. Their movies are always happy family fun.

Since I had a son, and many neices and nephews, I ended up watching a lot of shows with them and always loved the muppets the most. I bought one movie as a gift and the other for myself. I watched it during the week of Christmas and loved it. Although I'm an adult, like most other adults there will always be the child side to us. With so much violence and dark stuff all over TV, the world and news, what a nice thing to just sit back and enjoy something fun and entertaining. Sure, the Muppets does have some violence (especially Miss Piggy who might need some anger management classes), but we don't take it seriously. No more so than a pig in love with a frog. I can't speak for everyone. I liked it and will watch it again.

Since my girls ages 6 and 3, have discovered Muppet Babies on Nick, it has brought me back to when I was a kid! I decided to buy this movie to show them the real muppet babies! It didnt hold their attention but I laughed tremedously at every joke made...some day I'm sure they'll respect and understand! Played well in our old playstation 3!

We rented this one night over Christmas break. It's okay, but kind of weird and definitely nothing special. Maybe it was a made-for-TV show? I thought it was more of an actual Muppet movie, but it's only about a half-hour long. It's fine, but not really worth the rental fee. It's also kind of odd that one of the characters makes a wish and this sexy lady shows up to hang out with him. It felt awkward.

I've been a Muppets fan since childhood. While this is no "Muppet Movie" or "Great Muppet Caper" it's pretty decent. There is definitely some cheesiness to it. But I would watch it again.

It's OK but it's not on the same level as Muppets Christmas carol or Muppets from space, this is a much later Muppet film and has many different people doing the voices, so as a life long Muppet fan it was disappointing, the storyline is very weak with poor script and puns, great for little kids but still lacks the lustre of the original Jim Henson offerings.

I found this smaller movie by accident and it is a heart-warming, as expected. Not to be missed for a Muppets fan!

I saw this on Tv a few years ago & I never even knew this existed, when I saw it was available on dvd I could not resist adding it to my Christmas dvd collection. My daughter also loves it, she is almost 3, the fast pace cappers of the Muppets really keeps her attention.

By and large the Muppets are brilliant, and this is another great Muppet film, although not on a par with the Muppet Christmas Carol (but there are not many films out there that are!)Anyway, this is great fun, plenty of laughs, only reason it isn't five stars it that it is not very long.

Quite an amusing Christmas story but isn't a long film.