Elmo Of The West

Elmo Of The West is a 2021 American animated puppet movie produced by Sesame Workshop. It is about Elmo and his friends becoming rebel cowboys and cowgirls after an evil Muppet named Dr. Saloon blamed Elmo for stealing the lost Sesame Locket, when in fact it was Dr. Saloon.

Plot
When Elmo and friends visit the Muppet Museum in Sesame City, they find out the legendary Sesame Locket was stolen! Unfortunately, the bandit, Dr. Saloon, reported to the office with the locket, saying that the "Sesame Gang" had stolen the locket, although he had taken it just in time. This was all false. At a trial, Elmo and friends were blamed guilty as Saloon had changed the footage to a clip-art Elmo in the museum with a picture of the locket in Elmo's hand. This is enough to convince the judge that Elmo and friends were guilty. Elmo and friends run away in fear, and jump on a horse in a barn. The horse rides across the highway. Weeks had passed, and Elmo and friends are far away from Sesame Street. The horse rams into a pit of sand, and as Elmo looks to see where they are, they find out they are in Texas! The friends dress up in disguises to trick Dr. Saloon when he tracks down Elmo and friends. Elmo becomes "Omle" Abby is "Ibba" Big Bird is "Small Fry" and many more. When Dr. Saloon comes, a battle ensues. Saloon, confused, is buried in the pit of sand. In Saloon's pocket is the reel of footage that actually happened. Elmo and friends make it back to Sesame City, where the real footage is shown, Elmo and friends are pardoned, Saloon is imprisoned and Elmo and friends win a free pass to the Muppet Museum as a reward.

Trivia
This is the third film in the SCU (Sesame Cinematic Universe) after 2016's Vote For Elmo and 2018's Elmo On Strike.

From now on there would be many more SCU films, with this film followed by Elmo In Space in October and Elmonoccio in December.

This film was nominated best Sesame Street film along with Elmo In Space, The Dark Truth Of Oscar and Big Bird's Flock, but lost to The Trials And Tribulations Of Elmo.

Box Office
The film was a box office success, gaining $92,176,234 worldwide on the opening weekend.

Critical Response
The movie gained generally positive reviews, with 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus reads "Not as hard-hitting as The Trials And Tribulations Of Elmo, but still probably the best Phase 1 SCU movie." CinemaScore gave the film an "A"