Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991, PG, 88 min.
D: Michael Pressman.

Their movie last year came out of nowhere to seize the popular imagination of kids all over. Now they’re back with The Secret of the Ooze, which features ecological concerns. The production values are wonderful (due in large part to the work of Animatronic Puppeteers and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop) and the script is quick and funny. There are jokes here that only a kid could love but there are also jokes that only an adult can grasp.

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This article appears in January 24 • 2003.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.