Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
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Critics Consensus: Neither entertaining enough to recommend nor remarkably awful, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may bear the distinction of being the dullest movie ever made about talking bipedal reptiles.
Critics Consensus: Neither entertaining enough to recommend nor remarkably awful, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may bear the distinction of being the dullest movie ever made about talking bipedal reptiles.
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The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O'Neil (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan. Based on … More- Rating:
- PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence)
- Genre:
- Action & Adventure , Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Directed By:
- Jonathan Liebesman
- Written By:
- Josh Appelbaum , André Nemec
- In Theaters:
- Aug 8, 2014 Wide
- On DVD:
- Dec 16, 2014
- US Box Office:
- $190.1M
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Cast
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Megan Fox
as April O'Neil -
Alan Ritchson
as Raphael -
Pete Ploszek
as Leonardo -
Johnny Knoxville
as Leonardo (voice only... -
Jeremy Howard
as Donatello -
Noel Fisher
as Michaelangelo
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Critic Reviews for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
All Critics (132) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (104)
In one way, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a triumph for producer Michael Bay in that it is equally as godawful as his Transformers: Age of Extinction and a hit nonetheless.
It's essentially a Transformers movie - a Michael Bay production complete with mass destruction, urban panic, white-hot lighting, inane quips, product placement, explosions and, well, Megan Fox.
I had to draw on my own ninja training and reflect intensively on the transitory nature of all phenomena, just to fend off the profound yearning for death.
It's pretty much business as usual: one personality trait per turtle (with the most screen time for party-dude Michelangelo), lots of wisecracks, plenty of thin-crust product placement (Pizza Hut this time around), and even a last-minute cowabunga.
Turtles fans might have been looking for their own Avengers. They get Alvin and the Chipmunks on performance enhancers and mass-market pizza instead. In Hollywood, history repeats first as farce, then as marketing.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles doesn't so much provide brainless enjoyment as it pummels the viewer into submission. "Shell-shocked" is a reasonable description of the experience.
Liebesman's remade The Amazing Spider-Man.
When a film can waste a character actor as respected as Fichtner, you know there are bigger problems beyond a slightly hackneyed script.
Cowabunga? Cowabuggeroff!
Those poor old Teenage Ninja Turtles should have been left tin hibernation.
An exercise in product-placement so blatant it makes the last Transformer outing seem subtle by comparison.
Tries, and fails, to meld grit and froth. Still, at key moments it does possess a perverse sort of brio.
25 years after the first Ninja Turtles' movie, the return of the reptilian heroes in a half-shell is surprisingly enjoyable.
This iteration of pop culture's most idiotic quartet has the IQ of a cheese pizza but it's not a total cowabungle.
An entertaining smooth ride.
It'd be easier to give TMNT a pass if it was aiming purely for goofy fun, but it keeps taking itself so damn seriously.
While this special-effects laden action fest may not tick any highbrow cultural boxes it is a deliciously daft bit of entertainment - frenetic and full of fun.
The repackaging of gleaming, empty, allowance-snaffling product. Were these Turtles ever anything else?
Heroes in a half-arsed shell.
It ain't easy being green, especially as the charmless CG stars of this lowest-common-denominator action-comedy.
It's a solid, fun and light-hearted family action flick that captures the oddly enduring appeal of the half-shell heroes.
Dreadful, but no more or less dreadful than the three Nineties live-action Turtles films that came before it.
Good fun this may be, but original? Absolutely cowabungingly not.
The problem is that it's just not silly enough or funny enough.
Fun in parts but mostly big, dumb and LOUD, the new TMNT is essentially Transformers in a half-shell.
This fast-paced slice of action adventure will satisfy fans but is as loaded with fromage as the film's much salivated over 99-cheese pizza.
Audience Reviews for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I had low expectations for this movie, it turned out not to be as bad as I first thought. An average and clichà (C)d action flick that may leave you quaking in your shell or wishing you were still hibernating!
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I went in with low expectations and was still stunned by how bad the film was. It's not particularly entertaining on any level and all the characters have no soul.
Fox doesn't exactly make a good April, all the turtles were goofy one-liners, none of the cast had any legitimate weight for the audience to relate or attach themselves to.
The story? I don't even get it. I don't get why they would let such a TERRIBLE plot pass through the final draft.
All in all, a very missed opportunity. Even the 90's live action films were better than this rubbish. The only thing this movie was able to emulate successfully was the comedic banter between the brothers.
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An insanely enjoyable and off the wall good-time at the movies. A terrific re-boot to a classic series that I and many others grew up with and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Producer, Michael Bay and Director, Jonathan Liebesman have delivered an explosive, hilarious and tremendously exciting guilty pleasure that you can watch again and again. This movie packs plenty of over the top martial arts action, spectacular special effects, outrageous humor and a lot of heart. The Turtles are done extremely well, they have great chemistry together and capture the real heart and essence of the Turtles and their brotherhood. William Fichtner is excellent. Megan Fox is surprisingly good in the film and really goes for it in this film. A non-stop action-packed joy-ride that's just awesome. A roller-coaster ride you don't want to get off of. One of the summers best and most enjoyable movies. A sensational adventure.
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Though all its glory comes from the effects work from behind a computer, the Michael Bay-esque Ninja Turtles are still a lot of fun. With exciting action sequences and great turtle banter, fans of the franchise should able to enjoy the film, as long as they go in with an open mind. Only then is the changed origin story and weak performances admissible. For those NOT familiar with the franchise, beware.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Quotes
- Michaelangelo:
- She's so hot I can feel my shell tightening.
- Raphael:
- We can hear you!
- Donatello:
- Maybe he's a Jedi?
- Raphael:
- I only saw Batman once.
- April O'Neil:
- What are you?
- Leonardo:
- We're ninjas.
- Raphael:
- We're mutants!
- Donatello:
- Technically, we're turtles.
- Michaelangelo:
- And we're teenagers. But we can still have adult conversations.
- April O'Neil:
- So you're...Ninja Mutant Turtle Teenagers?
- Donatello:
- When you put it like that, it sounds ridiculous!
- Donatello:
- I'm the one who licks the icing off the Pop-Tarts every morning and puts them back in the box.
- Shredder:
- I don't believe in fairy tales.
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