Browsing: The Happytime Murders

We had such high hopes for Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders. While it wasn’t horrible (although current critical reception would paint it that way), there will be a certain type of audience who just won’t like it. The film is sort of to puppets what Team America: World Police was to marionettes — not your average children’s fare. […]

We had such high hopes for Brian Henson‘s The Happytime Murders. While it wasn’t horrible (although current critical reception would paint it that way), there will be a certain type of audience who just won’t like it. The film is sort of to puppets what Team America: World Police was to marionettes, not your average children’s fare. This […]

I’m a massive Muppets fan, and while they haven’t always been featured in the best films, the pure fondness factor will earn a lot of latitude. When the trailer for The Happytime Murders first came along I was on cloud nine — a combination of gumshoe noir, a puppet-inhabited world, and set in a sex-fueled […]