- Animation, Comedy, Action, Science Fiction
- 100 min
- PG
Rotten Tomatoes95%Metacritic74IMDb7.2
Heroes aren't born. They're mutated.
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Aug 20236/10
Helpfully, for those us who are not turtle-heads, we are provided with a little potted history of just how the four shelled super-heroes were discovered in a sewer by 'Splinter" having had a drink of some secret formula that had accidentally dropped down a sluice. Spin forwards a few years and the four are living a clandestine life, discouraged by their father with having anything to do with human beings. On one evening though, whilst out "shopping", they encounter "April" who gets her scooter pinched. They quickly try to get it back for her, she follows them and a series of adventures follow as we are quickly immersed in a city-wide battle against other, less convivial, mutants bent on destruction and mayhem. I was expecting little from this but it is actually quite an enjoyable action-packed animation. Some effort has been put into the script to enable some fun in the dialogue and for the characterisations to not just be sword-swinging would-be painters, but to have just the tiniest element of depth to them as the story develops. I didn't love the slightly bloated-head style of the animation, the proportion to the rest of their bodies was all a bit "Scooby Do" and I found there t
Read the whole review on TMDB - Louisa Moore - Screen Zealotson TMDB · Aug 20239/10
One of the greatest surprises of the year has to be “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” a film that I never would’ve expected to be as terrific as it is. Co-directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears and co-written by Rowe, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg, this animated feature is confident, action packed, funny, and is a visual delight. It’s a crowning achievement in animation, and the perfect summer movie to boot. The film tells the origin story of four turtle brothers, Raphael (Brady Noon), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), Donatello (Micah Abbey), and Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), who were mutated after a dangerous laboratory explosion left them covered in radioactive ooze. Their adopted father Splinter (Jackie Chan), a kind and elderly New York City sewer rat, has sheltered his teenage sons from the harsh, dangerous, and judgmental human world for over a decade. Deciding that they want to be accepted as normal teenagers, the brothers head out into the city on their own, crossing paths with young reporter April O’Neil (Ayo Edebiri). A fast friendship develops, and the turtles find themselves taking on a mysterious crime syndicate that’s run by fellow mutants. It’s a good story that’s elevated
Read the whole review on TMDB - Manuel São Bentoon TMDB · Aug 20237/10
MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2023-edition "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a whole lot of fun! It delivers everything TMNT fans wished for: entertaining turtle banter, badass ninja action - best sequence belongs to Jackie Chan's Splinter - and an awesome score. The animation style inspired by purposely exaggerated sketches from director Jeff Rowe's teenage years - much like The Mitchells vs. the Machines and Into the Spider-Verse - perfectly fits the lighthearted atmosphere of the source material, and brings the famous turtles to the big screen in what is arguably the best film adaptation of the franchise. Bring me the sequel!" Rating: B
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Cast
- Micah AbbeyDonatello (voice)
- Shamon Brown Jr.Michelangelo (voice)
- Nicolas CantuLeonardo (voice)
- Brady NoonRaphael (voice)
- Ayo EdebiriApril O'Neil (voice)
- Maya RudolphCynthia Utrom (voice)
- John CenaRocksteady (voice)
- Seth RogenBebop (voice)
- Rose ByrneLeatherhead (voice)
- Natasia DemetriouWingnut (voice)
Crew
- Jeff RoweDirector
- Evan GoldbergScreenplay
- Benji SamitScreenplay
- Dan HernandezScreenplay
- Atticus RossOriginal Music Composer
- Trent ReznorOriginal Music Composer
- Greg LevitanEditor
- Seth RogenProducer
- James WeaverProducer
- Evan GoldbergProducer
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