Scores with its generally engaging tongue-in-cheek humor.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Movie (1990)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:4
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.7/10
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
Reviews for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Movie
It is itself a mutant of sorts, a contentious, unsightly hybrid of martial-arts exploitation film and live-action cartoon.
Parents can vaguely console themselves, however, that amid the kiddie pollution available on Saturday morning TV, the Turtles rank slightly better than the rest.
Truth be told, there's something amusingly surreal in watching these happy-go-lucky, man-sized terps engage in full-scale punch-and-kick-outs with the inevitable villains.
This movie is nowhere near as bad as it might have been, and probably is the best possible Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie.
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