The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)

Touches You

The Age of Commercialism

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

My family and I saw this movie on video when I was younger, and I never knew it went to theaters. I thought it was a straight-to-video project. I never saw any advertisement for this. I saw one commercial for this movie after it came out on video, but I didn't learn this was a movie until a few years ago.Elmo's best friend is his blanket. (I wonder how Dorothy felt about that.) Unfortunately his blanket gets torn by Zoe and falls into Oscar's trashcan. When Elmo tries to retrieve it, he gets sucked into an unknown land called Grouchland (that is, Grouchland, USA). Elmo finds that his blanket has been stolen by the evil Huxley. He seems to think that he can take whatever he wants and claim it as his own, and that's exactly what he did with Elmo's blanket. Elmo won't stand for it, and goes through a series of events - including meeting the Queen of Trash and running into a giant chicken - to get his blanket back.There's nothing really bad about this movie. It's your typical "Sesame Street" movie with your favorite "Sesame Street" characters, both humans and Muppets. There are some nice morals about sharing and friendship, and it's just a nice, innocent story with your favorite childhood characters. I'm not as big a fan of this movie now as I was, but, again, that just has to do with age. And despite the fact that I'm not as big a fan of it, I still like it enough that I'd watch it every now and then. The songs are good, the celebrities are great, and there are some nice and funny jokes in this. Even if you don't like Elmo and/or this movie, show it to your kids, or your nieces or nephews - they should enjoy it. It's not a bad film. Check it out. BOOYIKA!

I really dreaded this when it came to my daughter via my mother, but it is well done, turns out, and quite amusing in that something-for-everyone Sesame Street way. There are all the usual messages here - sharing, sticking up for yourself/fighting for a cause, being a friend, etc. And if you like Oscar, you will undoubtedly love Grouchland - Oscar seems conservatively grouchy and gritty in comparison with these citizens (perhaps this is why Oscar has chosen to be a Grouchland ex-pat and live on Sesame Street). The songs are quite good - I especially like the song the plant sings to Elmo. I have probably seen it with my daughter at least 6 times, but I still laugh at sight gags and funny lines and continue to find it hilariously funny how sexy Vanessa Williams' character is especially for a pre-school kid's movie! Even if you are not particularly impressed with Vanessa Williams in general, brace yourself!

I think your thoughts that the movie missed its target is a load of crap. This movie is 1 of the cutest movies I've seen, im in my 20's and I thought it was so adorable, beats any other kids movie I've seen. Please, if any1 is going to rate a kids movie, make sure they know what they're talking about. Such stupid people out there...stupid 'so called' critics. I wonder what sort of car they drive or what their wives look like... yea exactly.. thats all i have to say really to make up for the 10 so called lines.. It may have made New Year's celebrations a little damp, but the rain that greeted revellers in some Australian cities was still welcome.And Australians will be hoping for more of it in 2007 to break the nation's drought, which experts have called the worst in 100 years.Despite the rain, hundreds of thousands of revellers attended traditional fireworks displays, concerts and dances around the country. It seemed revellers heeded warnings to behave, with police around the nation reporting few major problems.Most people in major cities also used public transport to avoid traffic problems.The country's biggest fireworks display - possibly the world's biggest - centred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.More than a million people gathered along the harbour foreshore and on the water to watch the two fireworks shows.Children dressed up for the family show at 9 pm, whose theme was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.The midnight fireworks show, which was billed as the biggest and best to date, lasted 13 minutes and featured pyrotechnics displays off CBD buildings, the bridge and harbourside locations.On his first visit to Sydney, New Zealander Quintin Thomas, 27, of Wellington, said he'd "seen the best night in the world"."It's the best New Year's I've ever had," Mr Thomas said."I saw it on TV and had to come and check it out."Fireworks off the buildings, off everything - that's class."More than 1,500 police patrolled popular Sydney areas including the Rocks, Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, Manly, Coogee and Bondi.In Canberra, the fireworks display went ahead despite major storms.An ACT police spokesman said a couple of thousand people gathered in the Civic district for fireworks and concerts.DJs entertained younger crowds, while a Beatles cover band played in the city's central square, Garema Place.In Melbourne there were record crowds of about 450,000 in the city despite rainy weather.About 50,000 attended a party at Federation Square and there were six party sites around the city, offering free entertainment.

Everyone loves that furry, lovable red monster, Elmo. Ever since "Follow That Bird", "Elmo in Grouchland" is a way more colorful version for kids, and there's more fun to it. Elmo has this blanket that he loves very much, and after a tug-of-war with Zoe, Oscar the Grouch tosses the blanket after he blows his nose with it. Where does it goes, in Grouchland. On Sesame Street, there was a place called GrouchyTown. In this movie, Grouchland is being run by a really rude man named Huxley(Mandy Patankin). He the worst person to be around. When Elmo goes to Grouchland to retrieve his blanket, he meets some unusual characters there. He meets a girl grouch who his nothing like the others. Very kind, very neat, and very cooperative. Mostly grouches hate cooperation, even Oscar can bend the rules of his kind. When he was a resident there, he knew what it's like. So he got the grouches there to change their attitude's, and their ways a bit. Anthor character in the movie is the Queen of Trash(Vanessa L. Williams). I liked the part where Elmo had to do 100 Raspberries. She was also a friendly person there. This movie deals with sharing, while "Follow that Bird" deals with diversity. This movie is very good for kids, as well, and other generations to come. Rating 3 out of 5 stars!