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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

★★★½ — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Jeff Rowe co-directed the well-received The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) before taking the solo helm here, and Paramount and Nickelodeon were clearly betting on his animation sensibility to revive a franchise that had produced four live-action/CGI hybrid films between 2007 and 2016 with increasingly diminishing returns. The film's hand-drawn, sketch-like visual style draws on the scratchy energy of Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman's original Mirage Comics (1984), a deliberate contrast to the slick CGI approach of those earlier entries. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's Point Grey Pictures produced alongside Nickelodeon, an unusual pairing that pushed the project toward something more self-aware and youth-oriented. On a $75 million budget it performed solidly without breaking records, though critically it landed as one of the better-reviewed animated films of that year.

Probably my favourite TMNT media since the originals. The artstyle is alot closer to the original comics (which I also love) than just about anything else. I liked the voice acting (especially the legendary Jackie Chan) and the story itself (although far removed from the iconic Shredder) was also good. I watched this with my 6 year old son (which is roughly the age I was when I first discovered the turtles) and he found it extremely funny too. The animation on the fight scenes is really slick and the soundtrack compliments it perfectly. Would definitely recommend it.

Rating: ★★★½ | Year: 2023 | Watched: 2025-05-25

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