The Happytime Murders (2018)

Ok. If you're a very serious film critic looking for movies with intellectual content, you, my friend, will never see the end of this flick. It's crazy, chaotic, silly, über silly and at times you find yourself grossed out by some of the uncomfortable scenes. But then again, it's a great flick to just watch for a laugh or two. Melissa McCarthy is just always funny, and delivered in this one. I'd say, just relax and don't watch the trailers, don't expect too much and just prepare for some silliness that'll make you laugh. That's all, just chill and laugh.

Fmovies: Let's be clear from the get-go. This is a comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and a bunch of Muppets with legs. It's directed by Jim Henson's son, Brian, who has spent many years producing and directing dad's sort of kiddie fare. All that wholesomeness apparently required suppression of adult humor tendencies which finally ruptured, resulting in this VERY RAUNCHY film that many will view as a breath of fresh air. Despite the pedigree and premise, this variation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit is closer to Andrew Dice Clay than to Sesame Street or any of the previous Muppet movies.

DON'T BRING THE KIDDIES!

Puppets live in L.A. along with humans, but only as second-class residents. A few bits slip in some racial satire with the overall broader comedy. The hero is a down-and-out private detective, salvaging a meager living after being booted from the police force for an unfortunate incident. He's a classic example of film noir dicks, complete with a dumpy office in a seedy area, and a devoted ditzy secretary (Maya Rudolph). When the puppets who starred in an old sitcom start getting bumped off, his efforts to solve the crimes first lead to reluctantly reuniting with his former partner (McCarthy) whose testimony caused his dismissal 20 years earlier. Before long, he becomes suspect Number One for the killing spree.

The dialog is clever, with scads of great throwaway lines - some of which I missed because of loud, frequent audience laughter. The mobility of the cloth-clad cast members allowed Henson to deliver some terrifically fresh and funny visuals, with slapstick and grossout gags that will make the unsuspecting blush. Or worse.

In my college days (eons ago), I bought a poster of all the Disney characters in a Hieronymus Bosch array of sexual and scatological extremes. It was hilarious. This movie delivers similar irreverence to generations who grew up with wholesome, kid-friendly Muppet antics and lessons, rarely tiptoeing beyond Miss Piggy's horniness for Kermit on the bawdiness scale.

This winds up being a treat for those who know what to expect, and particularly for McCarthy's fans. This is actually the best vehicle she's had for a while, which is good news for all comedy buffs. Even if Jim Henson might not approve of his son's choices here, those who enjoy South Park and the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming will feel right at home.

Again - DON'T BRING THE KIDDIES!

This released on my 20th birthday, and it looked awesome.

And I really enjoyed this. Now that I am older, this was more enjoyable than the family-friendly movies like The Muppet Movie and The Muppet Christmas Carol, movies I enjoy but feel kind of childish.

That's part of what made this so much fun. I'll get deep into that in a moment.

The movie stars the puppet Phil Phillips, who has been fired from police duty simply for being a puppet. However, when puppets of a popular TV show are murdered one by one, only Phil and his human ex-partner can stop the assassin.

I saw this with 2 friends and I think I was the only one of the 3 who liked it. I, personally, walked out of the theater laughing my head off.

This movie is Rated R and for good reason. There is tons of swearing, and many sexual jokes. One scene has Phil and a female client having rough, crazy sex in his office. When he does, silly sting shoots out all over the room, implying sperm.

I died of laughter at that with my hands covering my mouth, and my friend gaped in shock. My other friend was in the bathroom at the time. We told him about it in the car afterwards. He was shocked as well.

Like I said, I was the only one who really cared for it. And there's not much critical acclaim. On Roger Ebert's site, it has 2 stars, lower scores on What The Flick?, and other low scores. Richard Roeper, the modern Roger Ebert, didn't give the movie any stars at all.

I will admit this movie isn't amazing, but I had a ton of fun, laughed often, and I just went for the ride. I couldn't help but love it. If you don't expect a great movie but rather a popcorn flick, this movie will be a lot of fun.

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The Happytime Murders fmovies. Not sure what everyone's problem is but the movie is HYSTERICAL! I've seen it twice now and will gladly see again! Henson really outdid themselves. I love their twisted humor and the puppetry was very well done. I love this movie so much!!!

I know everyone was hating on this movie, to the point where I wasn't going to watch it. But Im glad I did. It was worth a watch atleast once. It's crude and the jokes are not laugh out loud funny, but it is what it is. Puppets doing crude humour. As stated it's like Meet the feebles+who framed roger rabbit. There is much worse movies out at the moment (like 'The Nun', what a stinker).

Probably helps if you get high first, it's not meant to be serious so don't go into it expecting it to be something it was never intended to be..

I saw that this movie had a lot of bad reviews before I went to go see it. So I had no expectations of any kind. And yet It was better than I thought. Despite Melissa Mccarthy, the movie is actually pretty funny. Melissa almost ruins the movie for me but It was still pretty enjoyable. Just a basic murder mystery here.. Nothing special.. More like an episode of Law and Order, and yet it charmed me.