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- 2018 · Kids & Family
Reviews 86% Avg. Audience Score 250+ Ratings Deep in the sewers of New York City, four mutant turtle brothers lurk. Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo are in their early teen...
- Alan Wan, Sebastian Montes, Brendan Clogher
- TV-Y7
- 2
The Story line is all over in season 1 but season 2 and 3 are pretty on point in building a story. The show is incredible about doing justice to the franchise and bringing the humor of the live action turtles from the 90's with a modern spin on it if the turtles were pre teens in todays society.
Aug 4, 2022 · Directed by Ant Ward and Andy Suriano, the film keeps the plot streamlined to better focus on the swashbuckling action and heartfelt (if emotionally simplistic) relationship between the four...
- Andy Suriano, Ant Ward
- Claire Shaffer
- 82 min
- A fun, vibrant addition to TMNT canon.
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- Verdict
By Hayden Mears
Updated: Aug 5, 2022 4:50 pm
Posted: Aug 5, 2022 4:40 pm
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie debuts on Netflix on Aug. 5, 2022.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the most fun I've had with a TMNT story in years. It's funny, vibrant, and chock-full of the quirky charm that has helped this franchise endure. It functions well enough as a continuation of the 2018 series, but it works even better as an evolution of everything that made the Turtles the pop culture staples they are now.
Its dialed-up silliness and frantic fight sequences are welcome escalations of the banter and high-stakes action we expect from a Turtles story. Where it differs from its predecessor, though, is also where it shines. I haven't been impressed with recent TMNT reboots (too much of the same) but Rise is a blast, mostly because it's self-aware and uninterested in mimicking earlier iterations.
IGN's Mitchell Saltzman gave the latest big TMNT media release an 8/10, writing that it "is exactly what it looks like: A lovingly crafted reimagining of the TMNT arcade beat-em-ups from one of the best beat-em-up developers in the business today. It’s the perfect game to have in the library for when a group of friends come over and you want to play something that’s simple, fun, and can be comfortably finished in a single sitting." Read the full review here.
From a stylistic standpoint, though, Rise is one of the most visually distinct adventures the franchise has put out so far. One of the best, most underappreciated aspects of the Rise series is how it reflects characters' personalities through their designs. Splinter is shorter, flatter, and fatter than we've ever seen him, making his shift from dignified rat-mentor to schlubby couch potato less of a leap. Raphael's size and bulk reflect his standing as the strongest, while Donatello, his slim frame forever bristling with apparatus, is the embodiment of breakneck innovation.
Comedy is a key ingredient in the TMNT formula and the recent Nickelodeon show relied on it constantly. Incredibly, the humor here is more fluid and more organic than it was in other interpretations. Rather than paint the Turtles as run-of-the-mill heroes who bust out iffy one-liners during combat, Rise commits to their silliness both on and off the battlefield. The 2012 computer-animated series had clunkier humor and was much less engaging from moment to moment. The older cartoons were light-hearted, too, but the limitations of late '80s/early '90s animation kept them from achieving the kinetic fun on full display here.
This accessible, colorful, and hilarious alternative to cookie-cutter TMNT stories is an excellent entry point for younger viewers.
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Its Teen Titans Go!-adjacent goofiness and offbeat animation style instantly distance it from other Turtles revamps. For some, this approach strays too far from those early Kevin Eastman/Peter Laird comics. Look past that, though, and it's clear that this accessible, colorful, and hilarious alternative to cookie-cutter TMNT stories is an excellent entry point for younger viewers. (Nickelodeon president Cyma Zarghami has said that Rise reflects the franchise's penchant for reinvention, with the “younger and lighter” feel of the series designed to entertain younger viewers. I think Rise's actual appeal is much broader than that, but that's another matter.)
Still, few of its emotional beats will stick beyond the credits. Ward and Suriano, with help from writers Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May, engineer Rise to lift us up, not bum us out. But as a low-commitment animated romp and a sequel to the 2018 series, it's absolutely thrilling.
Rise reinforces the broad appeal of the franchise even as it distinguishes itself from other TMNT stories. It has more fun with its plot and its characters than it even needs to and benefits from its playfulness. For me, a fan who has followed the franchise off and on for years, that emphasis on fun is infectious. Making Leonardo the emotional core is an unexpected touch that gives the proceedings some focus and keeps the script tight. The stakes here are higher than they were in the series but they never become impersonal. The family dynamic underpinning every great TMNT outing still matters here; Leo's personal journey simply serves as a springboard for these characters to get to where we know they go.
Not only does Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie function as a superb entry point for new fans, but it also commits to tonal and stylistic makeovers that elevate the franchise in unexpected ways. Not all of its emotional beats will stick beyond the credits, but it’s still fun to see just how much the Turtles have to grow in order t...
- Hayden Mears
TV Review. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Animation, Comedy, Kids. Credits. Cast. Voices of: John Cena as Baron Draxum; Kay Graham as April O'Neil; Brandon Smith as Michaelangelo; Ben Schwartz as Leonardo; Omar Benson Miller as Raphael; Josh Brenner as Donatello; Eric Bauza as Splinter. Network. Nickelodeon. Reviewer. Kristin Smith.
Watch Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie with a subscription on Netflix. Continuing the tale from the hit Nickelodeon series, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Donatello are ...
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Jul 29, 2022 · Netflix's movie continuation to the 2018 series is a kinetic, gorgeous, and surprisingly self-serious example of Rise at its very best. By. James Whitbrook. Published July 29, 2022. Comments (...
