Mutant Mayhem brings the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flying back [Watch]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a kickass return for the four pizza-loving reptile brothers – cowabunga!

Drenched in 90s references through a 2023 Gen-Z filter, Mutant Mayhem is designed to be loved by teens but has plenty of lines for their parents too.

The newest outing for the dynamic quartet sees them returning to a lot of what made the 90s comics and 2000s television series so beloved to multiple generations.

Mutant Mayhem is laid back and breezy, interested as much in the silly teen conversations between the turtles as it is with the evil villain they eventually come up against.

Directed by Jeff Rowe (of The Mitchells vs The Machines fame), the animation style beautifully renders the movie in a throwback sketchbook style.

And crucially, the four leads are voiced by actual teenagers and not some B-lister trying their best to deliver clunky dialogue.

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When TikTok and ‘rizz’ are spoken about, it feels like a legitimate conversation between teenage brothers rather than someone faking it to appeal to a younger audience.

Whether a younger audience would agree is of course more important, but it definitely seems to walk that fine line.

For parents who were dragged to the cinema, a booming New York hip-hop inspired soundtrack will get you feeling nostalgic as needle drops from De La Soul, Dr. Dre and A Tribe Called Quest are peppered throughout.

This aside from plenty of other fanservice for those who were teenagers themselves in the early 90s.

Mutant Mayhem is a thoroughly enjoyable watch that somehow feels suitably languid for the subject matter, even though it gets in and out in 90 minutes.

We get no overwrought backstory or trauma for the characters besides a few quick flashback explanations.

The writers (Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, among others) trust audiences to be familiar with the turtles and focus on story content instead.

It all serves to make this one of the best animated films of the year and an easy answer for families looking to watch something that all of them will like.

And at just 90 minutes, it really is a no-brainer.

Rated 7-9PG for some Language and Violence.
4/5.

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