Robert Pattinson is Batman in this noir reboot, said to focus on a caped crusader's detective origins. Co-written and helmed...
Robert Pattinson is Batman in this noir reboot, said to focus on a caped crusader's detective origins. Co-written and helmed by War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves.
Also stars Zoë Kravitz (as Catwoman), Paul Dano (as Riddler), Colin Farrell (as Penguin), Andy Serkis (as Alfred) and Jeffrey Wright (as Commissioner Gordon).
The role, as well as writing and directing duties, were originally given to Ben Affleck, who handed it off to Reeves in 2017.
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Robert Pattinson and Paul Dano are pretty awesome in Matt Reeves’ bold new start for DC’s most overrepresented hero, one that capitalises on the graphic origins of its story with striking visuals that speak for themselves.
85 %526 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
87 %24,140 reviewsAudience score rating
16+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"Grim but gripping."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Grounded, frequently brutal..."
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Variety
Variety"The Batman is a very good Batman film. To think of it as anything more only leads to delusion or disappointment."
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Independent
Independent"Inevitably, night falls on the latest Batman iteration with the cloudy sense that – of course – nothing has really been at stake. A classy turn from Pattinson, however, as the crime fighter with an injured soul."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A masterful and heady introspection on vigilantism, told with foreboding grit and intensity atypical of the genre."
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Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting"From start to finish, The Batman is mostly just a collection of bad ideas."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Robert Pattinson propels The Batman to gigantic, delightfully creepy superhero heights."
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail"The film sustains its seductive atmosphere—its hushed pop-noir cool—even as the story fizzles into a string of reveals and a curiously perfunctory climax."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"Potent but erratic."
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Associated Press
Associated Press"At its best, The Batman is... an entertaining pulp-fiction epic under the guise of sure-thing blockbuster. At its worst, it’s the cinematic equivalent of a mixtape."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"A sprawling and sinuous urban detective thriller, with the intricately unhinged red-wool-on-corkboard plotting of classic film noir."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"A unique commemoration of the Batman mythology and its stylistic and tonal shifts across its 80-year history."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"The performances are as complex as the colour palette (ie not very)."
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The Times
The Times"A gripping, beautifully shot, neo-noir take on an age-old character."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"I don’t know about you, but this particular time in history does not seem like the moment for a movie that will leave you a) miserable and b) wondering why nobody in Gotham City seems to have heard of light bulbs."
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Seattle Times
Seattle Times"An epic crime saga which more than justifies its epic length..."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Gritty and grounded..."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times"Ambitious and excellently crafted..."
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USA Today
USA Today"This is the most well thought-through outing for the caped crusader since Christopher Nolan’s... The Dark Knight..."
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The Irish Times
The Irish TimesThe Batman | Details
- Rating
- 15, strong threat, violence
- Runtime
- 175
- Genre
- Action
- Country of origin
- USA
