TMNT (2007)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Kevin Munroe

Writers:

Kevin Munroe (written by)
Peter Laird (characters) ...

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Raising Shell In 2007

Plot:

The continued adventures of the four adolescent mutated turtles gifted in the art of the ninja, as they attempt to stop a mysterious evil that threatens to end the world.

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | New York City | Ninja | Monster | Martial Arts

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Chris Evans	...	Casey (voice)
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	April O'Neil (voice)
Mako	...	Splinter (voice)
Kevin Smith	...	Diner Cook (voice)
Patrick Stewart	...	Winters (voice)
Ziyi Zhang	...	Karai (voice)
Laurence Fishburne	...	Narrator (voice)
Mitchell Whitfield	...	Donatello (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Leonardo (voice)
Mikey Kelley	...	Michelangelo (voice)
Nolan North	...	Raphael / Nightwatcher (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Colonel Santino (voice)
Paula Mattioli	...	General Serpiente (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	General Aguila / Additional Voices (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	General Gato (voice)

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (USA) (long title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV (USA) (working title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Immortal (USA) (working title)
Las Tortugas ninja (Argentina) (Colombia) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
As Tartarugas Ninja - O Retorno (Brazil) [pt]
Helononintzakia (Greece) [el]
Les tortues ninja (France) [fr]
Mutant Turtles (Japan: English title) [en]
Nindza kornjace (Serbia) [sr]
Ninja kaplumbagalar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
TMNT - Tini nindzsa teknöcök (Hungary) [hu]
TMNT - Tortugas ninja jóvenes mutantes (Spain) [es]
TMNT - Tortugues ninja joves mutants (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
TMNT, les tortues ninja (France) [fr]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Germany) [de]
Teini-ikäiset mutanttininjakilpikonnat (Finland) [fi]
Teismelised ninjakilpkonnad (Estonia) [et]
Tortues ninja (Canada: French title) [fr]
Wojownicze zólwie ninja (Poland) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated PG for animated action violence, some scary cartoon images and mild language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Hong Kong | USA

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:I | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG (certificate #43348) | Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:6 | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Norway:7 | Sweden:7 | Denmark:7 | South Korea:All | South Africa:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:U | Portugal:M/6 | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Imagi Animation Studios

Trivia:

Karai's first movie appearance. Karai is the daughter of Shredder in the comic book and 2003 animated TV series.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Mikey, Donnie and Leo go to April and Casey to get Raph, when Raph gets up there's no bandage on his arm. In the next shot, a closer shot just as he's sitting down, we can see that there's gauze wrapped around his arm.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Four turtles. Four brothers. Genetically reborn in the sewers of New York. Named after the Renaissance masters and trained as ninjas.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Donny's Digital Data Files (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Red Flag

Turtles in the New Millennium

TMNT does its job: CGIs are done very nicely, the visual overhaul of the Turtles' design comes near the original comic-look and for a kiddie flick (let's face it TMNTs target audience is well below 14) it is a shade darker, cooler and grown-up than any of the other animation films hitting the Box Office right now.

I was not sure what to expect after some of the reviews I read before seeing TMNT, but have to admit I was pleasantly surprised. Snappy one-liners and some tongue-in-cheek comments younger viewers will not get did really make this a great CGI-movie. Especially the hyper-kinetic camera work and the rather unusual scene setups were really intriguing.

Don't listen to the "It's-not-like-the-comics"-Fanboys and dive into the turtle world, you won't regret it.