Simply A Masterpiece

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Blistering performances.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

When you have a TV show as massively popular as "Sesame Street", it only fits that a movie would be made about it. This will probably be the best film for Nostalgia Critic Month. Even he couldn't make fun of it! I admit that this isn't as good as the Muppet movies starring Kermit, but it's still quite fun. I'm surprised they only made two "Sesame Street" movies. We get to see all the classic characters in the funny scenarios they're known for. I also like how everything is resolved at the end. You think a plot thread might be left hanging, but instead everything is wrapped up.Yes, I have fond memories of the original show and it's still on today! While not educational like the show, it's hard to go wrong with a movie focusing on Big Bird. It was funny to find out that Big Bird was his literal name. Yes, his first name is "Big" and he was actually referred to that in the movie. A lot of "Sesame Street" seems to be just in the back of my mind slowly resurfacing as I watch videos. It's nice to get a epic sense with how everyone's on the road looking for Big Bird. I especially loved the bits with the Count at the end and as far I know he got the number right. I remember, "Hold onto your feathers, little bird!". ***

Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (1985): Dir: Ken Kwapis / Cast: Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Waylon Jennings, Sandra Bernhard, Alyson Court: Sesame Street celebrates one of its most beloved characters in Big Bird. He lives on Sesame Street amongst humans as well as other Muppet characters such as Oscar the grouch, Grover, and the Cookie Monster. Central plot regards an authority bird named Miss Finch who cannot mind her own business. Instead she sees Big Bird as unhappy because he doesn't live with other birds. So she sets him up with a family of dodos that are about as much fun as slamming your head repeatedly in the car door. Big Bird agrees and begins the trek back home where he makes interesting encounters. The human actors on Sesame Street set out to meet Big Bird and help him get home while his fellow Muppet pals set out as well. Cookie Monster attempts to devour a car. Grover becomes Super Grover and tries to take flight. Bert and Ernie go by plane. Cameos by Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty as a couple of scheming circus swindlers out to capture Big Bird for their own use. Waylon Jennings sings the only decent song during the film as he gives Big Bird a lift. Sandra Bernhard works at a grouch diner. Alyson Court even makes an appearance as a youngster sheltering Big Bird on a farm. Delightful family romp that reminds us what true unity is all about. Score: 9 / 10

"Follow that bird" is a great film, just like the Seseme street show of the 70s and 80s. I always loved them both. Big Bird gets taken to the dodos in Illinois, he does not like it there, so he starts walking all the way back to Seseme Street. Along the way, he meets a singing trucker who gives him a ride while singing "ain't no road too long", and then he meets a couple of farm kids, who let him sleep in their barn, and then send him down the road while singing " easygoing ". They also help Bigbird hide from Mrs. Finch, who's been after him to take him back to the Dodos. He even hides out in a hayfield while Mrs. Finch actually gets out of her car to go look for him. Lol. At one point Bigbird, while in the middle of a wheatfield whines " l'll never get home! There's nothing around but amber waves of grain". Directly after that, he has a nice imagination sequence of seeing Snuffy. Several of our familiar Seseme Street members drive out to look for him. Maria and Oscar, while together, stop at an actual grouch style restaurant which literally gives you tossed salad. Gordon and Susan go with Cookie Monster, who bit by bit, keeps eating parts of their car. And Ernie and Bert, who fly a plane, and at one point sing an upside-down song while flying their plane upside-down. Then Super Gover flies to go look for him then flies right into Gordon and Susan's car. " Grover!", Gordan and Maria both exclaim. "That's Super Grover", Grover retorts. Then there are the two bad guys who run a carnival, steal apples from kids, and kidnap Bigbird, paint him blue, call him the " bluebird of happiness", and have him sing for a group of kids " to be back home again". But he can't get away, they have him locked up. My very favorite part of the film is when a cop (John Candy) pulls the two baddies over. He tells them that they are indeed in trouble for all that they've done, and then one of the bad guys actually starts crying. The cop says to him 'be a man". And the crying bad guy says "I don't wanna be a man". OMG. That's all I can say. OMG. Well, that and that I don't think that I've ever laughed so hard in my entire life. No matter how many times I've seen that.

There was a time when I think I was in 3rd-4th grade where I would watch the tape I had this and The Muppet Movie on over and over before I went to school.I practically grew up watching the movie. I watched it over and over again, quote the movie, and sing the songs (especially "Ain't no road too long", one of the best songs from the movie with "One Little Star") A few months ago, I was exploring Wikipedia and for the heck of it, I looked up "Follow that Bird" and figured "What the heck" and dug out my old VCR tape with the movie on it, made up some dinner, sat down, and watched it.This movie almost made a 20 year old girl cry. I felt sorry for poor Big Bird being convinced by Miss Finch into living with the Dodo's and leaving all of his friends, including his bestest friend Snuffy. Being older than I was the last time I saw the movie, I caught onto a hidden message and the moral of the story about racism and sometimes someone can be more happier living with people that aren't the same in shape, color, race, or species. (Check it on the Follow that Bird Wikipedia page) Maria said it best when she told Miss Finch at the end that everyone is happy and there are a lot of different characters living on Sesame Street: People, Kids, Cows, Dogs, Birds, "Bert and Ernie", Monsters, Honkers and Grouches.The one scene that really gets to me, besides the whole "Blue Bird of Happiness" scene is at the end when Big Bird returns to his nest and reunites with Snuffy, who he asked to watch over his nest. Such a sweet scene, especially when Big Bird, while hugging his friend, sighs "Home at Last".One of my favorite Childhood movies and one I was lucky enough to get on DVD for X-Mas.