Hey, they were gonna use this gimmick sooner or later. This is different from the two before it, and whether or not that's a positive is based on how you felt about them. I will not argue that the first one was the most well-done and well-rounded, but I did like this at least as much, and quite possibly more, than those. Personality returns to the characters, to an extent. They even get stuff to do, growth, changes, and new and at least potentially interesting conflicts are introduced. This managed to engage me, and surprised me with a couple of the occurrences, in spite of holding numerous clichés. The humor gets a tad less aggressively childish(to the point where it even includes a joke or two inappropriate for younger viewers, but they may very well be too vague for them to pick up on), and they stop trying so hard, making for several genuinely funny bits, also due in part to using clever material. The references weren't bad, either. The plot is reasonable, and develops nicely. The pacing isn't completely even. Direction varies, but there are well-done moments in this. The effects, puppets and creatures are still great, for the time, in spite of not being the same as those of the others. The martial arts are magnificent and plentiful, with fights that you're unsure how will end, and no longer constantly(which is not to say it goes all the way away) packed with silly gags to try to get laughs out of the audience(who put it in these peoples' heads that young audiences cannot appreciate coolness?). The time travel is well-done and relatively respectful(this actually holds some consequence, something sorely missed, at least to me, in the second one). There is really nothing objectionable in this, other than what little I have mentioned. The DVD has wide-screen as well as full-screen versions of this, a Pick That Flick mini-game, and a theatrical trailer. I recommend this to fans of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, maybe in particular those who want it less obviously and obnoxiously a "family film", without at all excluding kids from watching. 6/10