The Happytime Murders Looks Pretty Feeble

May 19, 2018
That's a pun, folks. It looks fine.

It’s 2018. Brian Henson’s R-rated comedy The Happytime Murders posits a world where Muppets-style characters indulge in sex, drugs, murder and depravity. Hilarity ensues.

It’s 1989. Peter Jackson’s R-rated comedy Meet the Feebles posits a world where Muppets-style characters indulge in sex, drugs, murder and depravity. Hilarity ensues.

Who wore it better?

Ah, it’s fine – there’s room in the world for two puppet-themed gross-out comedies, although if The Happytime Murders – which is flaunting its raunchy bro-comedy status pretty hard – goes to even half the dark and weird places Feebles did, we’ll be very, very surprised.

Let’s go to the synopsis:

No Sesame. All Street. The Happytime Murders is a filthy comedy set in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives with a shared secret, one human (Melissa McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together again to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a beloved classic puppet television show.

Starring  Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, Leslie David Baker, and Elizabeth Banks, The Happytime Murders in in Australian cinemas from September 6, 2018.

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