The defence The Adrenaline Seeker
“It owes the canon nothing.”
The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Science Fiction · Action · Adventure · 2014
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.
Movie details
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
“Mysterious. Dangerous. Reptilious. You've never seen heroes like this.”
2014 Science Fiction · Action · Adventure 1h 41m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.8 / 10
229.1K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
20 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
31 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Auteur Devotee
“You watch the director, not the movie.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Jonathan Liebesman
Written by
Josh Appelbaum · Evan Daugherty · André Nemec
Pete Ploszek
Leonardo
Alan Ritchson
Raphael
Jeremy Howard
Donatello
Noel Fisher
Michelangelo
Megan Fox
April O'Neil
Will Arnett
Vern Fenwick
William Fichtner
Eric Sacks
Court is in session
Put Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Auteur Devotee
“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”
It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.