| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...has style, lacks substance." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Misha Davenport |
"...more in tune with the original source material than previous cinematic attempts." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"To be fair, blood isn't the name of writer-director Kevin Munroe's game. Neither is cleverness or invention." more... |
D |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"...too violent for younger children, too silly for older kids and too lame for words." more... |
D+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling |
"...missing the goofy excitement of the old TMNT." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"As kid's fodder, TMNT is proficient..." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...the green fighting machines' return to movies is a tad too conservative and calculated." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"The movie pretty much exists to sell tie-in products, and it's about as entertaining as watching little kids playing with their toys in the sandbox." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis |
"...torn irreparably from their countercultural roots, our superheroes on the half shell have been firmly co-opted by the industry their creators once sought to spoof." more... |
C- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Will Crain |
"Silly, but enjoyable." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"Don't worry if you can't keep the green team members straight; despite color coding and weapons specialties, the personalities are perfunctory." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...feels cobbled together..." more... |
C- |
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