The film tells a group of four baby turtles and their leader is a mysterious substance named ooze. They team up with a local journalist to track down and prevent criminals in New York.
9 June 1953, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
5 November 1968, Daly City, California, USA
16 July 1971, Chatsworth, California, USA
21 June 1964, New York City, New York, USA
11 October 1974, New York City, New York, USA
13 August 1936, New York City, New York, USA
29 June 1968, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
23 July 1951, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
2 May 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 March 1971, Michigan, USA
22 August 1954, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
22 May 1970, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, USA
17 September 1960, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
20 October 1948, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
6 March 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 April 1964, La Mirada, California, USA
27 May 1949, San Juan, Puerto Rico
16 April 1950, Japan
11 March 1961, Montréal, Québec, Canada
August 14, 2014
The unapologetically hokey humor and dialogue and characters have their charms for sheer late-'80s kitsch value.August 06, 2014
As a movie, Ninja Turtles would make a better cereal. It looks like it needs a little milk and mother-wit poured over it, something to make it snap, crackle and pop.August 06, 2014
Ninja Turtles is cluttered and flashy. In terms of plot, there's not much flesh on its bones.May 29, 2015
The one subplot that could have been milked, about a young friend of O'Neil's who falls in with the gang, is handled indifferently and fails to supply much in the way of a youthful identification figure.August 06, 2014
The results are lively and funny enough to keep adults enthralled as well as kids.August 06, 2014
Elias Koteas scores as a mock-turtle vigilante, and there are some nifty turtle effects from the Henson Creature Shop, but little else hits the target, despite Barron covering the cracks with fast editing.July 31, 2014
An excellent adaptation, and a raucous, brutally entertaining action fantasy that embraces the source material lending it valid complexity, and depth.August 06, 2014
A movie that displays two traits nobody would ever associate with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: It is grim and it is no fun.August 06, 2014
Despite brisk direction by Steve Barron, plus unbridled energy and fine special effects, an overt glorification of violence is still at the crux of this stunt film.May 03, 2011
...an uneven, needlessly episodic adaptation that simply isn't able to justify its feature-length running time.August 06, 2014
The cynicism of the motion picture industry will be apparent to any child who is exposed to the many product plugs for a nationwide pizza delivery company.August 06, 2014
What troubles me about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is that it's basically an exploitation movie aimed at young children.