Batman Forever
3 Oscar Nominations
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Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also copes with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian.
What critics thought
Batman Forever landed with a thud among most critics, who found Schumacher's candy-colored, camped-up Gotham loud and overstuffed compared to Tim Burton's darker predecessors. The debate centered less on whether the film was good and more on whether its anarchic energy — driven largely by Jim Carrey — made it watchable anyway; audiences were far more forgiving than critics. The nippled Batsuit and homoerotic undertones generated as much column space as the actual filmmaking.
“Batman Forever still gets in its licks. There's no fun machine this summer that packs more surprises.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“It's lighter, brighter, funnier, faster-paced, and a whole lot more colorful than before.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“One does have to question the logic behind adding nipples to the hard-rubber batsuit. Whose idea was that supposed to be anyway, Alfred's? Some of the computer-generated Gotham cityscapes appear too obviously fake. Elliot Goldenthal's score, while serviceable, also isn't as stirring as Danny Elfman's work in the first two films.”
Brian Lowry·Variety
Genres
Action, Crime, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
DirectorJoel Schumacher
StarringVal Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell
ComposerElliot Goldenthal
Batman Forever
3 Oscar Nominations
Batman faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, and the Riddler, a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. As the caped crusader also copes with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian.
What critics thought
Batman Forever landed with a thud among most critics, who found Schumacher's candy-colored, camped-up Gotham loud and overstuffed compared to Tim Burton's darker predecessors. The debate centered less on whether the film was good and more on whether its anarchic energy — driven largely by Jim Carrey — made it watchable anyway; audiences were far more forgiving than critics. The nippled Batsuit and homoerotic undertones generated as much column space as the actual filmmaking.
“Batman Forever still gets in its licks. There's no fun machine this summer that packs more surprises.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“It's lighter, brighter, funnier, faster-paced, and a whole lot more colorful than before.”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“One does have to question the logic behind adding nipples to the hard-rubber batsuit. Whose idea was that supposed to be anyway, Alfred's? Some of the computer-generated Gotham cityscapes appear too obviously fake. Elliot Goldenthal's score, while serviceable, also isn't as stirring as Danny Elfman's work in the first two films.”
Brian Lowry·Variety
Genres
Action, Crime, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
DirectorJoel Schumacher
StarringVal Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell
ComposerElliot Goldenthal
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