I just hoped for more vaudevillian anarchy and less sentimentality. Sometimes, it is a mistake to revisit your childhood with the same expectations.

It's a film for 2012, for the 99 per cent, for the Occupiers who have been criticised as Starbucks-quaffing smartphone revolutionaries seeking a rainbow connection that could only be called 'kermunism'.

... The Muppets not only restore their name in the movie, but they prove to the audience that they're back and they're still as cute and entertaining as ever before.

In their glorious return to the big screen after a 12-year absence, our fabric friends from a generation ago remind moviegoers that a little bit of nostalgia and a ton of heart go more than a long way to entertaining an audience, both young and old.