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  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 56 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 56 m

Summary Batman ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues. As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator's plans become clear, he must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued ...

Directed By: Matt Reeves

Written By: Peter Craig, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Matt Reeves

  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 56 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Warner Bros.
  • 2 h 56 m
The Batman
Metascore Generally favorable Based on 68 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally favorable Based on 2,631 User Ratings
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Summary Batman ventures into Gotham City's underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues. As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator's plans become clear, he must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued ...

Directed By: Matt Reeves

Written By: Peter Craig, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Matt Reeves

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Metascore
Generally favorable Based on 68 Critic Reviews
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78% Positive
53 Reviews
18% Mixed
12 Reviews
4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally favorable Based on 68 Critic Reviews
72
78% Positive
53 Reviews
18% Mixed
12 Reviews
4% Negative
3 Reviews

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100
Feb 28, 2022
This grounded, frequently brutal and nearly three-hour film noir registers among the best of the genre, even if — or more aptly, because — what makes the film so great is its willingness to dismantle and interrogate the very concept of superheroes.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 28, 2022
This is the most beautiful Batman movie you’ve ever seen—even if it’s not really a Batman movie at all.
By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW

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7.5
74% Positive
1950 Ratings
11% Mixed
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15% Negative
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User Score
Generally favorable Based on 2,631 User Ratings
7.5
74% Positive
1950 Ratings
11% Mixed
281 Ratings
15% Negative
400 Ratings

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Sep 4, 2023
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10
SaqqezCity
Sep 3, 2023
The best superhero movie of the last few years without a doubt Robert Pattinson was wonderful the filming was also unique and very good.
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80
Mar 1, 2022
Director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson see the Caped Crusader as more film-noir detective than comic-book hero in their mesmerizing mindbender that aims high even when it misses the mark. It’s a grenade of pure cinema ready to blow.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 28, 2022
There’s real filmmaking here in The Batman. Matt Reeves, the director and co-writer, has a serious interest in the tantalizing Batman/Catwoman dynamic. His script, in collaboration with co-writer Peter Craig, parcels out the action sequences carefully, and when they arrive, they’re both visually lucid and excitingly reckless.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 28, 2022
Reeves’ and Pattinson’s vision of the Batman as a Hamlet-like heir unable to move past the primal shock of his parents’ murder has a certain emotional power.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 28, 2022
It’s a movie of alternately promising and frustrating half-measures, in which Reeves’ shrewd storytelling instincts and the usual franchise-filmmaking imperatives repeatedly fight to a draw.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 28, 2022
Nothing that works here adds up to anything worth a long slog in a movie theater, watching Pattinson punching guys and knocking guns out of their hands. From start to finish, The Batman is mostly just a collection of bad ideas.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
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10
eddytronpie
Aug 20, 2023
Great story and this is my favourite Batman, I love seeing the detective side of the Batman character and the Riddler was really menacing in this movie
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Oct 27, 2022
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Giugi
Oct 2, 2022
Really slightly overrated movie that is actually only slightly better than mediocre as it completely fails to believably characterize the characters. Starting from the villain, the way he is temperamentally made is pitiful and the costume is hideous, he looks like a man in a garbage bag. The characterization of Batman then is practically non-existent and reduced to a figure that is almost always silent and lacks any kind of charisma. But the film is still watchable as it contains some good action scenes and good moments, plus an honorable mention must be made to the character of Selina who is the only one characterized by a minimum.
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JackEFlaps
Sep 10, 2023
Acting wasn't good. Lame villain. Decent soundtrack. Awful story. Needs at least 90 minutes edited out of it. Basically your typical DC Comic movie.
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DolphinReviews
Oct 29, 2022
Way too long, desperately needed to be cut down to an appropriate size. Horrible casting and second hand embarrassing dialogue. Riddler is only the Riddler in name. Riddler became Redditor. Needed at least 45 minutes of the film to be cut out to become watchable. Heavy revision to the movie is required.
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Production Company Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, 6th & Idaho Productions, Dylan Clark Productions
Release Date Mar 4, 2022
Duration 2 h 56 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Unmask The Truth
Website https://www.facebook.com/TheBatman/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Wins & 12 Nominations
CinEuphoria Awards
• 2 Wins & 12 Nominations

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