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The Happytime Murders

2018

Brian Henson

Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale ...

4.7

2,916

Comedy. Fantasy In a world where puppets co-exist with humans as second class citizens, puppet private eye and disgraced ex-cop, Phil Phillips, is hot on the trail of the serial killer who murdered his brother and is now targeting the cast members of the famous 80s television show, “The Happytime Gang.” As the killings continue, Phil’s former flame, Jenny, is next on the list. It’s up to Phil and his ex-partner, Detective Edwards, to find the culprit, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"It's more than funny enough, packing lots of genuine, if frequently tasteless, laughs (...) If you don't find it uproariously funny at times, you must be made of cloth."	POS
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"A waste of time and felt (...) What’s disappointing is that the film never quite dares to tweak any of the conventions of the Henson legacy itself"	NEG
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'The Happytime Murders' is essentially what might happen if 'Sesame Street' hired a super-horny 13-year-old boy to remake Otto Preminger’s 'Laura'"	NEG
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"There is something irresistible and also shameful (...) Like their mainstream Muppet brethren, they might be more at home on smaller screeners"	NEU
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"There are a few spiky moments of sick, WTF fun but mostly it feels like a promising idea poorly executed."	NEU
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"A torturously unfunny movie (...) The weirdness in 'The Happytime Murders' is only in service of cheap and regressive comedy that was stale 10 years ago. "	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"'Happytime Murders' can't tickle the funny bone enough to get more than a few laughs even from Elmo (...) The novelty (as well as the wit and energy) rapidly wears off"	NEG
United States	William Bibbiani IGN	"[It] may not be a timeless classic on par with 'Roger Rabbit', but it’s more interesting than its raunchy, violent humor suggests (...) Although the story isn’t ingenious the jokes are usually funny."	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"I don’t want to come down too hard on this movie, because even though it doesn’t work, the high spirits with which it was made seem unaffected (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"In this world where overindulgence is the norm, no amount of perversion can distract from the lack of inspiration to the film's central mystery (…) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"It is most assuredly this summer’s only movie in which the plot hinges on the graphically depicted pubic hair of a nymphomaniac puppet (...) Turn back now, before it’s too late (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"The humor toggles between lamely cute gags, more swearing than a Scorsese saga (...) Calling it fluff would be too kind (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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