Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie 1995

Caryn James, New York Times: Noisy and meant for children only. A bored grown-up's only consolation is that the Rangers' popularity has probably peaked, and the next kiddie phenomenon must be on the way. Don't even think about what it will cost. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Brings the popular TV series to the screen with a barrage of spectacular special effects, a slew of fantastic monsters, a ferociously funny villain -- and, most important, a refreshing lack of pretentiousness. Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What depresses me inutterably is that children, who are fresh and inquisitive, will go to this movie and, for 88 minutes, the movie will do what it can to deaden their imaginations. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: These are the same performers who appear on the TV show, and you get the feeling this has become more than a meal ticket for them. Hokey dialogue is invested with an intensity that takes you out of the movie and into the psyches of the actors. Read more

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Frank Ahrens, Washington Post: The production values are much higher than those of the TV shows. Read more

Kevin McManus, Washington Post: The movie bolts along at a breakneck pace, from an opening sky diving scene to the climactic battle, which finds Ooze cackling away in the cockpit of a mechanical dinosaur. Read more