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Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2014 · 98 min

A warm, nostalgic look behind the scenes of a beloved franchise, full of talking heads and archival clips that celebrate creative persistence.

Tagline
A Look Under The Shell
Overview
In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called "happy accident" defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • celebrity
  • media
  • ambition
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Randall Lobb
Written by
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Starring
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Runtime
98 min
Country
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Languages
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