So much is rich with ingenuity and daring that its constant missteps are exceptionally glaring.
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Batman Begins (2005)
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Reviews Counted:253
Fresh:214
Rotten:39
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Brooding and dark, but also exciting and smart, Batman Begins is a film that understands the essence of one of the definitive superheroes.
Theatrical Release:Jun 15, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $205,197,285
Synopsis: Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian... [More]
Starring: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman
Director: Christopher Nolan
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Reviews for Batman Begins
They finally got it right. Finally.
04/29/09
A blast of energy that reinvents the Dark Knight for a new generation of film-goers.
03/10/09
An impressive cinematic renaissance for DC Comics' Dark Knight, and a blockbuster with more intelligence than most.
10/29/08
Sweeping all questions aside, Batman Begins does rekindle the franchise: it will be commercially possible to remake Batman stories with this persona and this set of psychological principles underpinning a new series of films.
10/18/08
There has never yet been a Batman story with quite this kind of psychological trauma. If Ingmar Bergman had ever directed a superhero movie, it would have looked quite a bit like this.
07/17/08
Its edgy tone and dark atmosphere coupled with its comic-book theatrics make it a winning combination for older children and adults alike.
07/07/08
Not only do we see Gotham in the daylight, but Christian Bale may also be the first Bruce Wayne who's more at home crouching in a monastery with his hair in his eyes than attending a dinner party for which he'd have to trim his nails.
06/05/08
The movie takes such time and care to set up Bruce/Batman that it's a bit of a bummer when it launches into summer-movie overdrive.
07/23/07
Mr. Nolan's assured direction and pacing keep the movie feeling brisk even at its two-plus hour running time.
07/14/07
Works splendidly because it dispenses with the idea that Batman's archenemies have to be quirky, colorful, superficial savants, àla the campy television series from the sixties.
06/27/07
A fragmented tale with a disconnect between sulking mood pieces and hi-tech urban warfare, whose logic always seems to be beside the point.
03/26/07
Both in and out of the suit, Bale owns the role in a way none of the previous three Batmen did.
03/01/07
Here's how any great franchise should start: with care, precision and delicately wrought atmosphere.
02/03/07
Top CriticEasily the best Batman film by far, the most accurate to the comic, pretty much the best comic adaptation ever, the best film so far this year
10/30/06
fans of the Dark Knight, finally feel proud again
09/10/06
This is a gritty and smart personal drama more than an action film. And it is what a Batman film always should have been.
09/08/06
It's passable entertainment that our culture has wildly overrated.
08/20/06
Where the movie fails, ultimately and sadly, is in its capitulation to conventional action movie wisdom.
05/15/06
A nonstarter.
05/12/06
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