TMNT (2007)

34% of critics liked it
(116 reviews)
63% of users liked it
(345,167 ratings)

The stars have aligned in an ominous sign, and as a legion of malevolent monsters descends upon New York City to wage war against humanity, the only thing that stands between humankind and certain destruction are four wisecracking turtles with a flair for martial arts and a hearty appetite for… More The stars have aligned in an ominous sign, and as a legion of malevolent monsters descends upon New York City to wage war against humanity, the only thing that stands between humankind and certain destruction are four wisecracking turtles with a flair for martial arts and a hearty appetite for pizza. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's "heroes in a half-shell" return to defend the world against an interstellar threat that comes just once every 3,000 years in a computer-animated action comedy that marked the final film role of Japanese screen legend Mako -- here providing the voice of the eternally wise Master Splinter. Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar lends her voice to the role of the turtles' technical-services worker, April; Fantastic Four's Chris Evans assumes the role of hockey-loving crimefighter Casey Jones; Memoirs of a Geisha star Zhang Ziyi steps in as villainous Foot Ninjas leader Karai; and Star Trek: The Next Generation captain Patrick Stewart voices malevolent tech industrialist Max Winters -- a mortal man whose hunger for profit and power may spell doom for all humanity. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: Kevin Munroe
Written By: Kevin Munroe
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction & Fantasy

In Theaters: Mar 23, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Aug 7, 2007
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

Tom Charity, CNN.com
A passable brand rebooting exercise that will impress younger kids even if it doesn't satisfy older fans.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I guess if you read the comic strip and you played the video games and you watched the TV show and dug the earlier movies, you'll dig this new version. For me, I didn't do any of that stuff.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It takes more than an awkward title attempting to sound cool to overcome its mundane plot and silly dialogue.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Worst of all is the lack of genuine laughs. Writer-director Kevin Munroe has apparently forgotten that the Ninja Turtle phenomenon started as rib-nudging parody.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
TMNT offers some real thrills. The computer animation gives the turtles relatively believable expressions, movements, musculature and (green) skin tones.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
There's an attention to detail in the visuals and sound design that pushes it up several notches above most kiddie fare. It's not art, dude, but it will do.
Joshua Starnes, ComingSoon.net
Almost every good scene in TMNT is an action sequence and a lot of time and thought has been put into them. So much in fact that none seems to have been spared for the story or any of the other characters.
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
The characters were no longer constrained by rubber suits or the laws of physics.
Tom Meek, Boston Phoenix
The plot's all over the place, but director Kevin Munroe keeps it at a hare's pace. The sharp graphics impress too. It's nothing to cow about, but it does, more or less, fill its shell.
Steve Biodrowski, ESplatter
This mediocre computer-generated action flick is packed full of monsters and sword-fights, but the story-telling is about as deft as a turtle turned on its back, struggling to get up but going nowhere fast.
Saxon Bullock, Film4
It won't convert the unfaithful but this messy, energetic action adventure is lurid fun, and may well re-ignite the popularity of the heroes in a half-shell.
Jeff Bayer, The Scorecard Review
It was a great decision to animate this feature film. The great decisions end there. Unfortunately, TMNT doesn't spend nearly enough time having fun.
James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
Ageing fans of the originals with lowered expectations will have an okay-ish time.
Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media
Turtle power returns in routine kiddie adventure.
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
It's never, ever a good thing when the first trouble sign of a bad story comes in the opening scene.
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Munroe's enthusiasm for the property and this particular film comes through in his informative feature commentary, and Warner Bros. has taken similar care in assembling this fully-loaded platter.
Kevin Williamson, Jam! Movies
If none of this sounds particularly new or inventive, that's because it isn't. Darwin never said 'Cowabunga,' but he did know you evolve or you die.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
Not that I actually disliked it, you understand, especially as its new high-definition picture and sound are so good. (HD DVD and DVD Combo edition)
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze
Cool CGI represents a substantial improvement over their earlier incarnations' relatively lame action sequences.
Kam Williams, Mount Desert Islander
While faithful fans might miss the quirky quartet's trademark humor and low tech special f/x, this edition merely updates the franchise and popular product line for the next generation of young consumers.

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John M

Not bad, my daughter loves it and way better than the live action versions. The CGI in this is just awesome. Especially on blu ray.
Directors C

A lot of movies now a days have to make sense. Did classic science fiction/action films like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Godzilla have to make sense to be good? No they didn't. TMNT ultimately stays faithful to its predecessor's with the same witty humour and… More
A lot of movies now a days have to make sense. Did classic science fiction/action films like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Godzilla have to make sense to be good? No they didn't. TMNT ultimately stays faithful to its predecessor's with the same witty humour and signature character personalities. Plus a stunning technological update with a unique animation style, absolutely amazing voice acting and gripping, entertaining and scary dark overtones.
Phil H

Hey now this is pretty good stuff, I was expecting a silly kids movie that looked babyish but this is actually good. For a start the film looks really good, the turtles especially, the light and water effects on the main green heroes are great, very mature looking and quite a surprise… More
Hey now this is pretty good stuff, I was expecting a silly kids movie that looked babyish but this is actually good. For a start the film looks really good, the turtles especially, the light and water effects on the main green heroes are great, very mature looking and quite a surprise to be honest. The humans look less realistic and more saturday morning cartoony which is a shame but still this is impressive. The story is the usual kind of weekly cartoon hocus pocus, ancient immortal warriors, monsters running amok, portals to another dimension etc...it would have been better if they used a more grounded sensible plot I think but hey, its for the kids right. Again its a case of, if this had been done for adults in mind, with actual violence and deaths, this would have been an amazing film, but so many comic adaptations fall on this hurdle, I'd like to see more studios take a chance and make a comic adaptation the way it was originally meant to be, like its comic origins. Anyway for a kids based film this is good stuff, you'll be surprised I'm sure, don't expect death and sex up there, but the fights are dam good looking as are the turtles, oh and Splinter looks OK too.
Alexander D

Bad
Drake T

This movie gets too much flak from fans of the old trilogy. I'll say it now before anything else, the old movies were not good, in fact, they were embarrassing masses of tactless gag humor. This TMNT installment did a lot of things right, for one the tension between Ralph and… More
This movie gets too much flak from fans of the old trilogy. I'll say it now before anything else, the old movies were not good, in fact, they were embarrassing masses of tactless gag humor. This TMNT installment did a lot of things right, for one the tension between Ralph and Leo? Beautiful. In fact the drama between the brothers was probably the highlight of the film that all previous installments failed to achieve. Secondly? Thank god they got rid of those clunky live-action suits. As a kid it always bugged me how they never moved like ninjas in the previous movies, it made the action anything but fun. Finally the art direction, I love the design of the turtles and how they're not just a derivative of the live action look; very sleek and stylized. With all that said it makes you wonder why this warrants 34% on RT, well, it's the witless outdated humor for one. Michaelangelo is a goof-ball but he's rarely funny and the gags/one-liners sing the same tone throughout the movie. Then there's the premise. It's not necessarily bad in the sense of child-media. Magical immortal warriors that want to conquer the world? Sure I've seen similar ideas that kids gobble up in an instant but I guess that's the problem here, it just doesn't click with enough complexities and maturity that older fans and critics are probably looking for. All in all, a good ride for a TMNT movie, it just spirals into senseless stupidity in the final act that you should really just watch for the action sequences. The story leaves much to be desired, hopefully they'll remedy that situation next time around.
Tim S

I really enjoyed this one. I was a massive turtles fan as a kid and I think this was a pretty good update. It's not perfect, but thankfully it's not a pile of crap.
KJ P

I enjoyed this new spin on the TMNT movies! I was along for the ride that actually went somewhere surprisingly!
Conner R

While it's not horrible, it's just not the Ninja Turtles. They took almost none of the great source material from the comics and produced a really kid friendly movie. It's got some redeeming qualities, but it's just nowhere near the level of the first three films.
EightThirty .

Love the Ninja Turtles!.. cool movie, Action was not bad ended too suddenly for me but I did like it ^_^
James A

If you were a fan of the movie mythology this movie ties it together nicely. I hope they make more like this.
Josh L

Toothpick thin storyline, but its a fun movie.
Coxxie M

pretty good but it absolutely pissed me off that they ruined my favorite character (Donotello). he was perfect in the original, and then in the 2nd they made him like a computer whiz or something, and now hes just a huge nerd thats not even funny anymore... WHAT HAS HOLLYWOOD DONE TO… More
pretty good but it absolutely pissed me off that they ruined my favorite character (Donotello). he was perfect in the original, and then in the 2nd they made him like a computer whiz or something, and now hes just a huge nerd thats not even funny anymore... WHAT HAS HOLLYWOOD DONE TO MY SWEET DONOTELLO?!?!?.... its like everytime they make a textbook they have to keep all the pictures really diverse so they put like 30 pics of guys in wheelchairs. ok thats NOT diversity thats false representation of the handicapped. they are a minority. so why act like every group of friends hangs out with a person in a wheelchair?? And so every comic-book movie DOES NOT NEED A NERDY CHARACTER!!!!
E.J. B

The magic is lost to me. I say stick to the original live action ones. The premise of this film is ridiculous, even for a story about mutant turtles, and the fight scenes are edited so precisely it's like they don't want the kids in the audience to see anyone get hit,
Bobby H

I was ify on watching this, afraid it wouldnt compare to movies of the past now that it's animated- but it did. Too catch up on old classic superheros too me, was awesome! And seeing Casey Jones in this one was great too. I kind of wish April O'niel didnt whip out a sword… More
I was ify on watching this, afraid it wouldnt compare to movies of the past now that it's animated- but it did. Too catch up on old classic superheros too me, was awesome! And seeing Casey Jones in this one was great too. I kind of wish April O'niel didnt whip out a sword of her own and Casey Jones did not lose some of his attitude and become a clutz at points but, whatever. It was still good!
Lorenzo v

Gotta say, I was pleasantly surprised. The movie really carried on the spirit of the original cartoon (though I don't know if that was it's intention) with Leonardo's leadership, Raphael's temper, Donatello's intellect and Michaelangelo's... humor. I can… More
Gotta say, I was pleasantly surprised. The movie really carried on the spirit of the original cartoon (though I don't know if that was it's intention) with Leonardo's leadership, Raphael's temper, Donatello's intellect and Michaelangelo's... humor. I can honestly say I enjoyed watching the film. The CG was excellent. I mean, so far most CG movies have been kiddy, but this is the first one I can think of that has actual martial arts combat being used, and it was done really well, all the fights were fun to watch, and one particular one in the rain (which was also nicely done) was well worth the price of admission. All in all, decent flick and fun to watch. Only thing I hated was that April O'Neil was training to fight and was suddenly able to beat Karai, the head of the Foot Clan (oh, and the Foot all looked cool too)
Mike S

Good fun and a welcome comeback for these childhood favourites of mine. The story is nothing special and stuffed with clichés, but it's very entertaining and I really liked the animation and character design. Just don't expect too much, as the level of writing is aimed… More
Good fun and a welcome comeback for these childhood favourites of mine. The story is nothing special and stuffed with clichés, but it's very entertaining and I really liked the animation and character design. Just don't expect too much, as the level of writing is aimed mainly for kids.
Martin B

A fun flick. It's nice to see a computer-animated flick that stands out with a different tone, avoiding the same-old bright, cutesy, cartoony talking-animal look of so many recent hits like Open Season, Over the Hedge, Madagascar, Chicken Little, etc.
Lenny M

Whatever happened to Corey Feldman as Donatello? XIII again.
danny d

i loved this flick. it had a few major points of the story that werent explained very well, but overall it was enjoyable. this flick could have been terrible and i had fun watching it. im ready for the next one and the return of shredder.
Alexander W

I watched this in the cinema, and its not really a cine flick but I enjoyed it none the less. It made a good movie. But what I mean is I could watch this over again on DVD. Good for the kids or teenagers too.