Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Michael Turney

Four turtles and a rat are transformed into a humanized state by a mutagenetic gel in a sewer. The rat becomes their mentor, and teaches them all he knows regarding Ninjitsu. The turtles use their new...( read more  read more... )found skills to combat the crime in New York City. But when their mentor is captured by an enemy from the past, can they hold true to what they've learned, and stay together as a brotherhood?

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76% liked it

230,670 ratings

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46% liked it

35 critics

PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Steve Barron

Release Date: March 30, 1990

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DVD Release Date: December 16, 1997

Stats: 10,679 reviews

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  • January 31, 2007
    Funny & action-packed, this is definitely the coolest comic book movies of the '90s.
  • September 25, 2009
    It was the classic playground must-see-movie of the time. It?s quite crap though looking at it now! Crap but fun!
  • July 18, 2009
    Wow, this has aged badly lol check Elias Koteas with hair lol basically this is good clean fun, the animatronic heads and puppets are pretty good (for their time) and the action is well worked, its alittle police academy-ish hehe but this is old remember, its enjoyable but Im not...( read more) sure why. Check the Turtles rap at the end, very popular in its time.
  • November 5, 2008
    I had no idea they could be so dull. I'm never going to let my friends drag my into watching it again...ever.
  • September 6, 2008
    An ok live action film version of the popular cartoon. Overall it's pretty good but more for the youngsters.
  • November 19, 2009
    It was exactly what I expect. It's kinda awesome in a campy way.
  • November 19, 2009
    AS kids we loved this movie. Watch it again ten years later and it's one of those 'what was I thinking?' moments. My god, the remake was better!
  • October 29, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 24, 2009
    Well it has Corey Feldman Voice in it so hello I loved it
  • October 12, 2009
    The Original and the Greates

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This movie is nowhere near as bad as it might have been, and probably is the best possible Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie. full review

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  • ashleyannl
    November 18, 2006
    I watch the seris and seen all the movies but i new one is comething out

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