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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Movie (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 35

Fresh: 16

Rotten:19

Average Rating: 4.9/10

Consensus: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is exactly as advertised: one-liners, brawls, and general silliness. Good for the young at heart, irritating for everyone else.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Childrens

Synopsis: A live-action version of the popular animated TV series for kids. Due to radiation exposure, the four turtles have mutated into teenagers; now, they live in the New York City sewers, where they eat... A live-action version of the popular animated TV series for kids. Due to radiation exposure, the four turtles have mutated into teenagers; now, they live in the New York City sewers, where they eat pizza, talk jive, and learn the tricks of a ninja from their guru, Splinter the Rat. When a group of juvenile delinquents called the Foot Gang start wreaking havoc in the city, our heroes on the half-shell join forces with an intrepid girl reporter to put an end to the gang's evil ways. [More]

Starring: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas

Starring: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas

Director: Steve Barron

Director: Steve Barron

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Nov 18, 1997

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  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the live-action, feature film adaptation of the cult comic book and the popular animated television show. After prolonged exposure to radiation, four teenage turtles--Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello--have mutated into ninjas and have begun living in the sewers of a large city. Under the guidance of a ninja master Splinter the Rat and television reporter April, the Turtles embark on a mission to run crime out of the city and battle the warlord Shredder.
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    Cowabunga! A hip and happening time for fans of all ages!

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    10/26/08
    Clint Morris
    Moviehole

    Scores with its generally engaging tongue-in-cheek humor.

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    04/28/08
    Variety Staff
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    A well-rounded, unpretentious, very funny, knockabout adventure -- subtly blended so that it's fun for all the family.

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    04/28/08
    Lloyd Bradley
    Empire Magazine

    By no means exceptional, but you have to admire the turtle performers for their agility, and Elia Corteas for keeping a straight face.

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    04/28/08
    Channel 4 Film

    Entertaining enough to gloss over the crassness of its underpinnings.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    04/25/07
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The results are high-spirited martial arts and comedy.

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    04/25/07
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
    Chicago Reader
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    It is itself a mutant of sorts, a contentious, unsightly hybrid of martial-arts exploitation film and live-action cartoon.

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    07/01/06
    Janet Maslin
    New York Times
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    Between the dubbed dialogue and the dark visuals, the cumulative effect is curiously dislocating.

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    02/09/06
    Geoff Andrew
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    No review available.

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    Emanuel Levy
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    No review available.

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    08/28/05
    Michael Szymanski
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    Not as good as the comic, but fun.

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    09/10/04
    Alex Sandell
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    Maintains an effective balance between the kiddie toon and the more subtle comics it was based on. Koteas is miscast, though.

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    06/29/04
    Luke Y. Thompson
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    02/08/04
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    A defeated shrug is in order for this revival of the 1990 craze for green amphibious warriors, schooled in Asian martial arts, named after Renaissance masters and addicted to pizza.

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    01/15/04
    Peter Bradshaw
    Guardian [UK]

    Four pizza-loving turtles emerge from their shells to battle crime in this inexplicably successful kiddie flick, which now looks as dated as it is silly.

    Full Review Source: BBC | comment 1 Comment
    12/10/03
    Jamie Russell
    BBC

    Let us not contemplate the sorts of lustful images that must run through the mind of a hormonal teen-age turtle.

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    11/29/03
    Eric D. Snider
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