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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990

Steve Barron

Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Michelan Sisti ...

5.3

17,983

Sci-Fi. Action. Comedy Through contact with a mysterious substance, called Ooze, 4 little turtles in the canalization of New York mutate to giant turtles. They can speak, walk upright and love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to Ninja fighters. Their arch-enemy is the bad, bad guy Shredder, who struggles to gain power over the world. Of course the ninja turtles will do everything to stop him.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This movie is nowhere near as bad as it might have been, and probably is the best possible Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The film, while silly, is considerably less cute than the television show, and in fact isn't really geared to young viewers"
		Lloyd Bradley Empire	"A well-rounded, unpretentious, very funny, knockabout adventure - subtly blended so that it's fun for all the family (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Henry Sheehan The Hollywood Reporter	"[The fans] should be pleased (...) However, a long-winded plot, broad characterizations and barely adequate fight scenes will prevent 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' from generating any breakthrough business"
		Mike Cecchini Den of Geek	"[It] is still amazing (...) A wonder of practical effects and surprising martial arts action."
		Variety	"While visually rough around the edges, sometimes sluggish in its plotting and marred by overtones of racism (...) [it] scores with its generally engaging tongue-in-cheek humor."
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Directed with skill and assurance by Steve Barron (...) The results are high-spirited martial arts and comedy"

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