Drained of its color, the franchise rediscovered its valor, landing the caped crusader his finest motion picture effort to date. And the ending? Oh, that ending.
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Batman Begins (2005)
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Reviews Counted:256
Fresh:216
Rotten:40
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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hr. 20 min.
Theatrical Release: Jun 15, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $205.2M
Synopsis: The tale finds the disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne, in the wake of his parents' murder, traveling the world to seek the means to fight... [More]
Starring: Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman
Director: Christopher Nolan
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REVIEWS FOR BATMAN BEGINS
So much is rich with ingenuity and daring that its constant missteps are exceptionally glaring.
Sep 26, 2009
They finally got it right. Finally.
Apr 29, 2009
A blast of energy that reinvents the Dark Knight for a new generation of film-goers.
Mar 10, 2009
An impressive cinematic renaissance for DC Comics' Dark Knight, and a blockbuster with more intelligence than most.
Oct 29, 2008
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.
Oct 18, 2008
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.
Jul 17, 2008
Its edgy tone and dark atmosphere coupled with its comic-book theatrics make it a winning combination for older children and adults alike.
Jul 7, 2008
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.
Jun 5, 2008
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.
Jul 23, 2007
Mr. Nolan's assured direction and pacing keep the movie feeling brisk even at its two-plus hour running time.
Jul 14, 2007
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.
Jun 27, 2007
A fragmented tale with a disconnect between sulking mood pieces and hi-tech urban warfare, whose logic always seems to be beside the point.
Mar 26, 2007
Both in and out of the suit, Bale owns the role in a way none of the previous three Batmen did.
Mar 1, 2007
Here's how any great franchise should start: with care, precision and delicately wrought atmosphere.
Feb 3, 2007
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
Oct 30, 2006
fans of the Dark Knight, finally feel proud again
Sep 10, 2006
This is a gritty and smart personal drama more than an action film. And it is what a Batman film always should have been.
Sep 8, 2006
It's passable entertainment that our culture has wildly overrated.
Aug 20, 2006
Where the movie fails, ultimately and sadly, is in its capitulation to conventional action movie wisdom.
May 15, 2006
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