Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland Details

Sesame Street has always aimed to entertain adults while teaching children, though this big-screen adaptation — concerning Elmo the muppet chasing his runaway blanket to Grouchland and finding both under the thumb of the selfish Mr Huxley (Mandy Patinkin) — is almost exclusively aimed at the five-and-under crowd. What's left over for grown-ups mostly consists of a few hilarious one-liners, though perhaps they should be grateful Elmo isn't a purple dinosaur á la Barney. Bert and Ernie's pleasing appearances are the highlights; perhaps the next Sesame Street movie should focus on them.

Elmo, the cute little monster from TV's Sesame Street, gets a movie of his own, and charming it is too, for the first... read more on Time Out