- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release Date: Jun 16, 1995
- Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Tommy Lee Jones, Val Kilmer
- Summary: Directed by Joel Schumacher, this is the third film in Warner Bros.' Batman series.
- Director: Joel Schumacher
- Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 23
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Mixed: 11 out of 23
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Negative: 2 out of 23
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Unlike Burton, Schumacher doesn't let his stylistic and thematic fascinations run away with him; he keeps one hand on the wheel at all times. The result isn't as emotionally daring and visually outrageous as Burton at his best, but it's better paced and more consistently entertaining from one sequence to the next.
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60Carrey lights up an otherwise over-scripted, over-frenetic potboiler.
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60Yet while Schumacher has largely accomplished the goal of delivering a cinematic comic book, he's also left the movie hollow at its core -- a distinction that may not trouble Saturday-night audiences but that nonetheless dulls the film's impact beyond its sheer and unrelenting visual grandeur.
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20The only thing Schumacher and his scrupulous craftsfolk forgot to give the movie was life -- the energizing spirit of wit and passion that makes scenes work and characters breathe.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 35
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Mixed: 9 out of 35
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Negative: 7 out of 35
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