Batman Forever (1995)
Courage now, truth always, Batman forever!
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.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 16 June 1995 |
| Genre | Action, Crime, Fantasy |
| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Starring | Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey |
| Runtime | 121 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes 41% · Rotten Tomatoes (average) 5.2/10 · Metacritic 54/100 · IMDb 5.5/10 · TMDB users 5.5/10 |
| Budget | $100 million |
| Box office | $337 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Joel Schumacher’s 1995 entry leans into pure spectacle. It is 121 minutes of neon and chaos, driven by a dual villain team that makes Gotham look like a shopping mall on fire. Val Kilmer’s Batman is a brooding anchor in a sea of excess, while Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey turn the supporting cast into a surrealist fever dream. The tone is loud, the stakes are absurd, and the energy is relentless. It is the film you watch when you want the cape to feel like a laser beam.
What the critics said
Critics were lukewarm. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 41%, a score that suggests the movie was loud but not necessarily good. Metacritic lands at 51, which is the critical equivalent of shrugging. Audiences, however, gave it an A−, a gap that tells you who the film was actually for. James Berardinelli of ReelViews found it "lighter, brighter, funnier," a description that feels like a compliment until you read the rest. Brian Lowry of Variety questioned the logic of adding nipples to the batsuit, a detail that guaranteed headlines. The consensus is mixed, which is a polite way of saying it’s bubblegum for the eyes.
How it did with audiences
Batman Forever cost $100 million and took in $337 million worldwide. That is a solid margin, though not the kind that makes accountants weep with joy. It opened to $52.8 million in its first weekend, briefly holding the all-time record before Jurassic Park’s sequel dethroned it. On TMDB, users rate it 5.5 out of 10.
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