The Batman

critic Reviews

, 85% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • A grim, gritty, and gripping super-noir, The Batman ranks among the Dark Knight's bleakest -- and most thrillingly ambitious -- live-action outings.
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    Candice FrederickHuffington Post
    “The Batman” reaches for an ingenious and compelling new way to tell a story about the thin lines between corruption, greed and nobility — but ever so limply and always just out of its grasp.
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    Eric FranciscoInverse
    Operatic, simmering, and replete with a smoky noir atmosphere, The Batman is an enthralling package of contradictions.
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    Keith Uhlich(All (Parentheses))
    The film I imagine Ricky Fitts would grow up to make after the events of 'American Beauty.'
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    Liz Shannon MillerConsequence
    What this film does achieve, however, is telling a solid new Batman story, one with some pretty compelling twists and a strong point-of-view on who, exactly, the Caped Crusader is. By default, that makes it one of the better Batman movies ever made.
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    Adam NaymanThe Ringer
    Ultimately, this Batman accepts the thankless, death-defying role he’s stepped into, and the sacrifices that go with it. But that choice would be more compelling if it weren’t framed as a tacit acknowledgement of all the inevitable sequels to come...
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    Richard BrodyNew Yorker
    The movie’s inability to imagine its superheroes and supervillains with any meaningful psychological identity is of a piece with the failure to imagine ordinary people with any degree of individuality.
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    Diego BatlleOtroscines.com
    ... In this Batman -- very different from Nolan's, Burton's or Schumacher's -- everything seems more appeased, more contained, more... human. [Full review in Spanish]
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    William JonesCBR
    They turned revealing an antagonist's presence to the audience without the victim's knowledge into a suspense-driven art. Here, Reeves taps directly into these tactics to phenomenal effect...
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    Steph CozzaCinema Vixens
    This is the ultimate Batman movie.
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    Jonathan GarciaDynamic Duel Podcast
    Batman's superpower has always been that he's the smartest guy in the room. ... His title as the Dark Knight Detective has never been showcased on film as well as it was in The Batman.
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