Happytime Murders is set in a Los Angeles where puppets and humans live together semi-harmoniously. Humans really dislike and barely tolerate puppets. Notice I’m using the term puppets and not muppets. Muppets were on TV these are puppets because they are in the movies and the writers say puppets.
Ok we all remember the Muppets of Sesame Street fame but be prepared, these are not Jim Henson’s cute alphabet singing characters of our precious past.These are puppets on Crack! Really bad crack!! Their crack being super sugar snorted with a red Twizzler. I am serious about the red Twizzler. These puppets also like their puppet porn which comes in many different genres. Cow puppet porn. Rabbit puppet porn. The whole barnyard and then some. We get to see slot of puppet porn. If you’re into that this movie is a two fer. I will never look at silly string the same way after seeing this movie. (See the note above). I’ve learned puppet porn phrases such as “I’m a”. And “Pilaffing” as in Rice Pilaf but you don’t want this type of Pilaf
Melissa McCarthy is the human lead but the puppets are the real stars in this movie. On one hand all I could think was Jim Henson must be rolling over in his grave. But then again it’s his son that directed and produced this. Ok you have to give it points for originality but wow what were you drinking and or smoking when you came up with this? I don’t want to be too negative, it’s still wayyy better than Skyscraper.
I’m not even going to get into the storyline and plot, but I will say the twist at the end was surprising
And because of that twist and the fact that you can’t help but laugh at parts and cringe at the other parts.
I rate this a C. I’ve seen way worse, kudos to an original way way out there story. It’s not going to last long in the threader, save your money.
Pick up a pizza a bottle of red and this when it comes to RedBox in a month or two. I recommend a Cabernet. South American of course.
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