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10/18/08
Batman (1989)
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Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 34
Rotten:15
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus: An eerie, haunting spectacle, Batman succeeds as entertainment, but as an addition to the character's legacy, it rings disappointingly hollow.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Tim Burton's BATMAN, inspired by Frank Miller's graphic novel THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, is a Gothic, Wagnerian treatment of the Batman mythos that explains the origins of Batman (Michael Keaton) and his nemesis, the maniacal Joker (a ripe... [More]
Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance
Director: Tim Burton
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Reviews for Batman
Visually arresting but dramatically undernourished, the film suffers from bland characterization (particularly by Basinger's Vicki and the other "good" crime fighters) and is ultimately saved by Jack Nicholson's bravura turn as the diabolical Joker.
07/05/08
...a hollow void of underdeveloped style and half-hearted execution...
06/05/08
Supposedly a superhero movie for grown-ups, this is actually a pretentious farrago.
05/07/08
It was, however, easily the biggest box-office hit of 1989, and one of the highest grossing films in history, a testament more to its massive marketing campaign than to its quality.
04/16/07
Top Critic Director Tim Burton effectively echoes the visual style of the original Bob Kane comics while conjuring up a nightmarish world of his own.
04/16/07
Top Critic The conceptual side of the movie--two rather sick two-sided antagonists having it out in a black and sordid context -- lingers.
04/16/07
Top Critic Wow. I can't believe how little I enjoyed about this movie after all of these years of NOT having seen it.
06/02/06
Burton brings back film noir elements to the new Batman, elevating it to a dark, demented opera.
05/26/06
In the end, one's reaction to Burton's blockbuster is little more than that of the Joker to Batman: 'Where did he get those wonderful toys?'
01/26/06
Top Critic The movie that gave birth to the summer blockbuster remains impressive.
11/03/05
The story is a mess… Scenes and lines of dialogue make no sense… Keaton makes hardly any impression in the role, in or out of the mask.
10/17/05
...the yardstick by which all subsequent Batman movies are measured.
10/11/05
As a movie spectacle, it delivered. As Batman, well...it got a lot of things wrong.
06/27/05
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