Directed by Brian Henson, who is the son of Jim Henson, who is the creator of the Muppets. His son is the only person who can get away with murdering the sweet and kind puppets in the world. Brian Henson helmed several Muppet movies. These movies are a complete opposite of The Happytime Murders starring Mellissa McCarthy.

The movie is sacrilegious, vulgar, and in the gutter. Parents are warned and leave your kids at home with the babysitter.

The story and screenplay by award-winner Todd Berger follow a murder mystery set in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, but puppets are viewed as second-class citizens.

When the puppet cast of an ’80s children’s TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a former cop Connie Edwards, played by Melissa McCarthy, who has since become a private eye, takes on the case. Edwards is a disgraced LAPD detective.

The movie clips show what the movie is like and, I must admit, I chuckled quite a bit when I watched these clips.  Hensen directs the actors to deliver the lines straight and not try to be funny, which works for me.  The puppets are so cute and funny looking.

https://youtu.be/99qtuBMeziU

https://youtu.be/HZfhPr5BCsk

https://youtu.be/eMI_yAXaGVU

For all those adults who grew up watching Sesame Street, the red band trailer may upset you or cause hysterical laughter. Either way, I am not surprised Big Bird, Kermit and Miss Piggy are not in the movie.  They would not lower themselves to this flagrant blasphemy of kids television shows.