Summary
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem has a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than Barbie and Oppenheimer, with a current score of 95%.
- The animated reboot, spearheaded by Seth Rogen, focuses on the teenage aspect of the Turtles as they battle a crime syndicate and mutant army.
- Critics have given mostly positive reviews, leading to the film's franchise-best Rotten Tomatoes score and suggesting that Mutant Mayhem may be the best TMNT movie yet.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Rotten Tomatoes score beats both Barbie and Oppenheimer. Spearheaded by Seth Rogen, the new animated reboot explores the teenage aspect of the Turtles – Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael – as they hunt for a mysterious crime syndicate and fend off an enemy army of mutants. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem's all-star voice cast includes Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Rogen, Paul Rudd, and Maya Rudolph.
Now, after its release on August 2, more critics have started sharing their reviews for the reboot, which are mostly positive. As a result, the animated movie's Rotten Tomatoes score is sitting at 95% at the time of writing, higher than recent critically-acclaimed releases Barbie (88%) and Oppenheimer (93%). Though the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Rotten Tomatoes score opened to a near-perfect 98%, it's still high enough to beat Barbenheimer.
Could Mutant Mayhem Be The Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Yet?
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem reviews – which are praising its vocal performances, script, and stylized animation – have resulted in a franchise-best Rotten Tomatoes score. This, in combination with many critics saying so explicitly, strongly suggests that Mutant Mayhem may be the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie yet. However, few of the past movies were critically acclaimed. In fact, Netflix's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie from 2022 is the only theatrically released movie with a fresh rating (79%) on Rotten Tomatoes.
Every other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie has a Rotten score. This includes the beloved original trilogy from the early 1990s – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (42%), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (42%), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (19%) – and the Michael Bay-produced reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (21%) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (37%). With Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem's Rotten Tomatoes score setting a franchise record right out of the gate, the future of this reboot, which already includes a sequel and a Paramount+ show, is looking bright.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes