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!

'The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland' is an excellent movie. I purchase the DVD for my 16-month old son. Initially I was hesitant about the purchase because I wasn't sure if he would enjoy the movie, plus it was long considering he'd never watched anything that for that length of time. The first time I played the movie for him, he sat quietly and watched it in its entirety. To this day my son watches it over and over again. He truly loves the movie. He loves the music. As an adult, I enjoyed the movie as well. It's definitely entertaining from start to finish. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone. I have even purchased copies for other kids as gifts.

When Elmo has an argument with his friend over his blanket, the blanket ends up falling into Oscar the Grouch's trashcan. When Elmo goes to get it back he gets sucked into Grouchland where he has his blanket taken by the greedy and selfish Huxley. Elmo goes after Huxley while his friends from Sesame Street venture into Grouchland to find him.As the rest of the world do, I love little Elmo. The cuddliest and cutest of the Sesame Street gang, Elmo is hard to dislike and it is fun to spend 60 minutes in his company. The plot has a nice moral behind it, one of not being selfish with one's possessions, and it delivers it without ramming it down your throat - in fact younger children won't even see it!What the children will see is a collection of colourful characters who are pretty funny and encourage audience interaction all the way (which I think would have annoyed me in a cinema - but not on video). The action is all very bright and fun and has dialogue that will please both kids and adults, but without having stuff going low and high - it's all down the middle and easy to watch. The musical numbers are all very catchy and mostly quite fun. The Trash Queen's song is catchy but has a touch of the divas about it that seems out of place, but other than that there isn't really a bum note among them.The Sesame Street characters are all as fun as usual. Ernie and Bert could have got a little irritating with their interruptions but they carry it off well enough. The film is Elmo's of course and he is so sweet it's easy to go along with him. Patinkin is a great villain and I enjoyed him immensely. Williams has a brief role and does OK but doesn't have too much to do with herself other than look FABULOUS in a clingy outfit that shouldn't be allowed in a kids' movie!Overall this is a colourful and fun movie, which is easy to watch for both adults and children. The songs are like the characters - fun and colourful. It's all a bit short but it is amusing and well worth seeing if you've got young children to keep happy.

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Where, o where are the kids movies that don't have "evil villians"? How could Elmo, of all characters, be in a movie with such a nasty villian ..stealing his blanket away and making fun of him. I watch Elmo's World 5 days a week with my kids (4 and 2) and I must admit that I find the 15 minute episodes to be very well done. From Mr. Noodle to Dorothy the whole thing is all about "can-do" preschoolers.So, why, in this TERRIBLE movie would they create this very unnatural dependency that Elmo has on his blanket? Elmo no longer is the encouraging fun loving muppet . .but he is a panicked, insecure, selfish muppet. The opening 5 minutes are joyless, despite all the Sesame Street favorites being put in every frame in each shot. The people are particularly bad. What would possess any of these talented educators to make such a movie? I could sense the "this is a bad idea but I have to honor my contract" in every single performance by the Sesame Street regulars.My daughter was in absolute tears when the blanket got taken away . .and why not? The movie has just branded on to your brain that Elmo must NEVER be seperated from his blanket. So, why in the name of all things good and innocent, would the movies writers, directors, and producers IMMEDIATELY take away his blanket and thrust it into the hands of an evil person who towers over the muppets? This is sadistic film making at its worst . ..ELMO IS FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS!Huxley, the greedy villian (who is tagged on the packagin with the innocent sounding "doesn't like to share") is very ominous, and taunts Elmo with the blanket and makes fun of his tears. Unbelievable.I didn't get past this part as my daughter was in sobs at this point . .and despite my fast forwarding to the end to show her that Elmo gets his Blanket back . . I could do little to save the evening.While I fast forwarded I could see that the rest of the movie was filled with threats, intimidation, and flat out picking on little defenseless kids. Muppets in cages!!!??? OUTRAGEOUS!!!The makers of this movie should be ashamed of themselves for violating the spirit of Elmo and Sesame Street for creating a movie that will certainly scare little ones and make them cry.This is a poorly written, ill-concieved bit of film making. "Grouchland" is indeed smelly and trashy . . .and so is this movie.