"Ditching the cheeky, self-aware wink that helped to excuse the concept's inherent corniness, the movie attempts to look polished and 'cool,' but the been-there animation can't compete with the then-cutting-edge puppetry of the 1990 live-action movie."
Peter Debruge (Variety)
TMNT is a fun, action-filled adventure that will satisfy longtime fans and generate a legion of new ones.
Todd Gilchrist (IGN)
"It stinks!"
Jay Sherman (Unemployed)
The turtles themselves may look prettier, but are no smarter; torn irreparably from their countercultural roots, our superheroes on the half shell have been firmly co-opted by the industry their creators once sought to spoof.
Jeannette Catsoulis (New York Times)
Impersonally animated and arbitrarily plotted, the story appears to have been made up as the filmmakers went along.
Ed Gonzalez (Slate Magazine)