Batman Returns

Name: Batman Returns
Genre: Action
Released: June 19, 1992
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer

1992

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 19, 1992 | PG-13

Starring: Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer

Summary: In the second of the blockbuster Batman films, the legendary hero does battle against the mysterious Cat Woman and the diabolical Penguin. Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidableIn the second of the blockbuster Batman films, the legendary hero does battle against the mysterious Cat Woman and the diabolical Penguin. Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin (Danny DeVito) and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Bruce Wayne? [Warner Bros.]… Expand

Director: Tim Burton

Genre(s): Action

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 126 min

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Richard Corliss

Batman Returns could mark a happy beginning for Hollywood -- not because it might make a mint but because it dispenses with realism and aspires to animation, to the freedom of idea and image found in the best feature-length cartoons. Read full review

Jay Carr

The new film is simply more confident, more idiosyncratically dark, weird, gnarled and twisted than "Batman." And because it's more obviously permeated by Burton's style and sensibility, it's also more fun. [19 June 1992, p.47]

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Burton has once again managed to pursue his quirky personal concerns in the context of broadly commercial entertainment, although the idiosyncracies of the villains clearly interest him far more than the programmable heroics of the title character and the related mandatory action sequences. Read full review

Bill Cosford

Burton is a first-rate stylist, but this time he's actually better at suggesting the inner life of his characters. [19 June 1992, p.G6]

Janet Maslin

Mr. Burton's new Batman Returns is as sprightly as its predecessor was sluggish, and it succeeds in banishing much of the dourness and tedium that made the first film such an ordeal. Read full review

Desmond Ryan

As Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands reminded us, Burton always has been more absorbed by what his audience sees than by what his movies say. It's part of his unique talent as a filmmaker, but it leads him to ignore the flaws in the structure of what is, after all, supposed to be an exciting adventure film. Read full review

Rick Groen

The film preaches the gospel of unpredictable change, of ironic metamorphosis, of a psychological ebb and flow from love to lust, hope to despair, good to evil. But if the message is fluid, the medium is static at best and chaotic at worst - there's very little controlled motion in this picture. [19 June 1992]

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TRANSFORMERSFAN

Mar 12, 2021

this movie is one of the best movies from 1992 in my opinion! i rate this movie a 10/10

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rodm

Feb 26, 2022

one of the best batman movies ever made next to 1989 and the dark knight rises

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JPK

May 19, 2018

Very Gritty
This Is A Very Satisfying Sequel With The Cast and Action Stealing The Show Again

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marcmyworks

May 14, 2016

Probably one of my favourite Christmas movies as well a great Tim Burton film. The darkness, humour and characters shine. The only weakness? Batman is reduced to a secondary character while the villains become the main attraction.

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MrPajamas

Sep 9, 2020

Batman Returns is even better than the previous movie from 1989. We added Catwoman here and instead of Joker there is Penguin, who is not so good, but he is still good. The story is excellent again. The action scenes are even better this time and overall it's an excellent sequel.

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humunguschungus

Jun 6, 2019

Michael Keaton manages to make an unnecessary and rather forgettable sequel into something far more entertaining than it has any right to be. It's a shame that his fellow costars didn't do the same.

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FilipeNeto

Feb 17, 2018

This film is a sequel to the movie "Batman" by Tim Burton. And as the first film, falls into the same sins: lack of realism (not even try it) and excessive attachment to the comic strip that gives rise to the central character. Blame it again Tim Burton, which shows little understanding ofThis film is a sequel to the movie "Batman" by Tim Burton. And as the first film, falls into the same sins: lack of realism (not even try it) and excessive attachment to the comic strip that gives rise to the central character. Blame it again Tim Burton, which shows little understanding of the comic-book universe and how capable he is of direct cinematic masterpieces or disasters. The film has the participation of Michael Keaton (as Batman), Danny DeVito (as Penguin) and Michelle Pfeiffer (as Catwoman), and only DeVito could shine, incorporating a spiteful and callous Penguin, still unrivaled in cinema.

Moreover, the notes I've made for the first film applies perfectly to this also: the cinematography is so black that looks like it's always night in Gotham City, a city that, thanks to the unrealistic scenario, seems a depressed and bloodthirsty version of Orwell's Metropolis. The costumes seem's Carnival masks: Batman exaggerate in plastic polymers and Catwoman would be absolutely perfect in a hardcore and decadent version of "Fifty Shades of Grey"... Again, Burton lost an opportunity to understand that the film audience expects more realism concerning comic-book adaptations.… Expand

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