minor spoilersmisunderstood classic remain one of henson fine and most personal film . it may seem funny to call a movie as beloved a this one amisunderstood and but people do seem to remember this one mostly for jerry juhl snappy screenplay and paul williams knockout song . now while these thing be admittedly great and as be the movie formal playfulness ( screenplay within the screenplay and film break and etc . ) and what distinguish the muppet movie from the other muppet film be the serious and wistful thread that run through the picture . it a road movie and all right and but like most road movie and the pleasure be in the get there and and the achievement of the character goal be temper by uncertainty and and by the knowledge that they can never really go back again . throughout the film and we be show the down side of show business and even before the muppets have amade it represent piggy abandon kermit without a second thought at a phone call from her agent and gonzo express the loneliness and regret of a performer life on the road in his haunting i be go to go back there someday and and and bad of all and kermit be continually tortured and test by doc hopper and who want him to commercialize his art for the unholy of purpose . ( one can only wonder what henson would have make of his family management of the company after his death . ) kermit himself agonize over his choice in the desert conversation scene and and the final magic store number question whether it all be worth it and before conclude that it probably doesn not matter either way . all this be punctuate with the expect muppet chaos and satire and deliciously awful joke and and of course the serious stuff wouldn not work if it weren not . but the muppet movie isn not just another jokefest and a the rest of the diminish return muppet film would become . no and it a lovely and gentle metaphor about the relationship between art and entertainment and business and and it every bit a effective today a it be 25 year ago . 9 . 5 out of 10 .