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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.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense action violence, disturbing images and some thematic elements

Runtime: 2 hr. 20 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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... 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 injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city. [More]

Starring: Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman

Starring: Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, Mark Boone Jr., Linus Roache, Morgan Freeman, Gus Lewis, Michael Caine, Sara Stewart, Larry Holden, Richard Brake

Director: Christopher Nolan

Director: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan
Producer: Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Larry J Franco
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

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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.

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2009
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

So much is rich with ingenuity and daring that its constant missteps are exceptionally glaring.

Full Review Source: Film and Felt | comment Comment
Sep 26, 2009
Gabe Leibowitz
Gabe Leibowitz
Film and Felt

They finally got it right. Finally.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

A blast of energy that reinvents the Dark Knight for a new generation of film-goers.

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
Mar 10, 2009
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

An impressive cinematic renaissance for DC Comics' Dark Knight, and a blockbuster with more intelligence than most.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment 1 Comment
Oct 29, 2008
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Film4

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.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 1 Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

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.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
Jul 17, 2008
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Its edgy tone and dark atmosphere coupled with its comic-book theatrics make it a winning combination for older children and adults alike.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
Jul 7, 2008
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
Jun 5, 2008
Robert Davis
Robert Davis
Paste Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Jul 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Mr. Nolan's assured direction and pacing keep the movie feeling brisk even at its two-plus hour running time.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

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.

Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | comment 2 Comments
Jun 27, 2007
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

A fragmented tale with a disconnect between sulking mood pieces and hi-tech urban warfare, whose logic always seems to be beside the point.

Full Review | comment 10 Comments
Mar 26, 2007
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

Both in and out of the suit, Bale owns the role in a way none of the previous three Batmen did.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
Mar 1, 2007
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

Here's how any great franchise should start: with care, precision and delicately wrought atmosphere.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
Feb 3, 2007
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Easily 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

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Oct 30, 2006
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

fans of the Dark Knight, finally feel proud again

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Sep 10, 2006
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

This is a gritty and smart personal drama more than an action film. And it is what a Batman film always should have been.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
Sep 8, 2006
Todd Hertz
Todd Hertz
Christianity Today

It's passable entertainment that our culture has wildly overrated.

Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | comment 5 Comments
Aug 20, 2006
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Cinema Writer

Where the movie fails, ultimately and sadly, is in its capitulation to conventional action movie wisdom.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment 23 Comments
May 15, 2006
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
 
 
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