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Dark, complex, and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga.
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You will feel utterly numb after the screening of The Dark Knight. The film is bleak and brilliant. May 31, 2017 | Full Review…
You will feel utterly numb after the screening of The Dark Knight. The film is bleak and brilliant.
James Christopher
To talk of Heath Ledger's performance is difficult, merely because, as gigantic as it is, it is only one important feature of an intricately wrought canvas. August 20, 2014 | Full Review…
To talk of Heath Ledger's performance is difficult, merely because, as gigantic as it is, it is only one important feature of an intricately wrought canvas.
Tiru Thiruvilangam
The Dark Knight is probably the smartest and most stylish action movie since the "The Matrix." It thinks and philosophizes. The subject it thinks and philosophizes about, perhaps not surprisingly, considering the times, is the Iraq war. August 20, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The Dark Knight is probably the smartest and most stylish action movie since the "The Matrix." It thinks and philosophizes. The subject it thinks and philosophizes about, perhaps not surprisingly, considering the times, is the Iraq war.
Timothy Mangan
An exceptionally smart, brooding picture with some terrific performances. April 10, 2013 | Full Review…
An exceptionally smart, brooding picture with some terrific performances.
Tom Charity
The Dark Knight is a film that's fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and always feels relevant even when its ideas are drowned out by clatter. November 24, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Dark Knight is a film that's fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and always feels relevant even when its ideas are drowned out by clatter.
Dave Calhoun
Christopher Nolan is much, much smarter than your average filmmaker. July 6, 2010 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
Christopher Nolan is much, much smarter than your average filmmaker.
Laremy Legel
A masterpiece. Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is not only one of the greatest comic book movies you'll ever see, but also one of the best films of all-time. February 15, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A masterpiece. Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is not only one of the greatest comic book movies you'll ever see, but also one of the best films of all-time.
Josh Wilding
It seems almost cruel to take beloved child archetypes and turn them into projections for adult angst. January 28, 2020 | Full Review…
It seems almost cruel to take beloved child archetypes and turn them into projections for adult angst.
Felicia Feaster
Heath Ledger gives one of the best performances of the last twenty years. When you watch his take on the Joker, it's one of complete surprise and mystery. It's frightening with how chaotic and mischievous he makes him. November 21, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Heath Ledger gives one of the best performances of the last twenty years. When you watch his take on the Joker, it's one of complete surprise and mystery. It's frightening with how chaotic and mischievous he makes him.
Paul McGuire Grimes
Ledger's performance alone is good enough to make The Dark Knight a very good movie, but fortunately this is a film with even more than that -- making it the not just the best film of the summer, but one of the best films of the year. October 29, 2019 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Ledger's performance alone is good enough to make The Dark Knight a very good movie, but fortunately this is a film with even more than that -- making it the not just the best film of the summer, but one of the best films of the year.
Micheal Compton
The Dark Knight represents a masterpiece in filmmaking as Christopher Nolan takes the Batman Begins sequel to an entirely new level. September 22, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
The Dark Knight represents a masterpiece in filmmaking as Christopher Nolan takes the Batman Begins sequel to an entirely new level.
Danielle Solzman
The definitive movie of its genre and the best Batman film to date June 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The definitive movie of its genre and the best Batman film to date
Matthew Lucas
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