EVERYONE talks about guilty pleasures but The Muppets could be described as an innocent pleasure.

Jim Henson’s beloved comedy creations have been entertaining families since 1955.

So with generations growing up with Kermit and co it is only natural that they have fans of all ages.

That was evident at the cinema on Saturday afternoon when couples and groups of friends outnumbered parents with their kids.

Everyone seemed to come bouncing out of the screening so after almost 60 years the zany puppets still have that universal appeal.

That is largely thanks to the excellent 2012 Muppets film which saw Kermit, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear return after more than a 10 year absence with a new lease of life.

The team including Flight of the Conchords’ James Bobin and Bret McKenzie return as director and songwriter respectively.

And the duo keep up the momentum with Muppets: Most Wanted which is just as self-referential and self-deprecating as ever.

The plot sees the Muppets on a world tour but they find themselves embroiled in a European jewel heist thanks to their double-crossing manager.

Ricky Gervais plays manager Dominic Badguy (pronounced badgee – ‘it's French’) and as usual he is pretty much playing himself.

So how much you like seeing him in The Muppets depends on how much you like the man himself.

Meanwhile, Kermit finds himself in a gloriously camp Siberian gulag after his identity is stolen by Constantine, ‘the world’s most dangerous frog’.

Kermit wins the prisoners’ hearts – including Machete’s Danny Trejo, Goodfellas’ Ray Liotta and Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement – by staging a breakout during the gulag’s annual variety show.

Most Wanted does not quite reach the heady heights of the 2012 Muppets film but it is it is brilliantly silly stuff.

Ty Burrell is also a lot of fun as Interpol officer Jean Pierre Napoleon who is hot on the heels of Constantine.

You can expect some great cameos from Roland Rat to Lady Gaga.

And if any film buffs have any doubt that Muppets is for adults as much as it is for children just wait for the little cheeky nod to Ingmar Bergman’s world cinema classic, The Seventh Seal.