Batman Forever (DVD) Reviews

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Batman Forever is a film that I loved as a kid, and that very much embodies most of its appeal - it pales considerably when faced with Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton's iterations, but it's also a lot more fun and less self-serious than the dark Burton versions, and it does ...  Read the complete review

In this Batman outing Val Kilmer dons the black kevlar suit as Bruce Wayne. Wayne is having doubts about his lifestyle and memories of his parents keep intruding into his head. The quality of this film comes from the quality of Tommy Lee Jones as Harry Two Face, Jones plays the psychopath brilliantly and with Jim Carey expertly cast as ...  Read the complete review

Everyone seems to have given Batman Forever terrible reviews but i think its a great movie if you take it at face value! It is clearly not on par with Dark Knight or Tim Burton's Batmans, but it is still a very very enjoyable movie. At the moment it is being shown on Film Four as part of its Guilty Pleasures weekend, and I think that really says ...  Read the complete review

Working my way through the Warne Bros adaptations of the Dark Knight, Batman, I thought I had better continue with the third in the series, Batman Forever. Written by Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Avika Goldsman, and directed by Joel Schumacher, with the brilliant Tim Burton co-producing, Batman Forever was released back in 1995. ...  Read the complete review

This Batman adventure follows Tim Burton's blockbuster Batman Returns (1989). As Warner Bros. decided to make the Batman franchise less dark and more mainstream, Burton handed over directorial duties to Joel Shumacher and remained only as a producer. There is also a new Batman, as Val Kilmer replaces Michael Keaton who had declined to ...  Read the complete review

Abandoning the darker vision created by Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher takes over the Batman series, and brings with him a host of new villains as well as a new actor in the lead role. Batman finds himself in a spot of trouble when the maniacal Riddler teams up with a District Attorney who has vowed revenge after an accident in court left ...  Read the complete review

Batman Forever (1995) This installment of the Batman films is a stark contrast to the previous two. A different combination of director and lead actor, and a colour change for the 'Dark' Knight led to this film not receiving such great reviews. The Plot Gotham City's new threat comes from a couple of maniacs hell bent on ...  Read the complete review

BATMAN FOREVER This film was a new side to the Batman franchise with new director Joel Schumacher trying to make the film more like the Batman and Robin comic strip and not as dark as the first two were. Michael Keaton did not return to the role of Batman and this was taken over by Val Kilmer who was always the choice if Michael ...  Read the complete review

There are so many reasons to hate the third installment of the modern Batman films, it's truly bewildering. But you can boil the whole sorry saga down to this: the first two films, directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, rescued the comic character from his camp 60s Adam West stereotype and turned him into a shadowy vigilante avenger ...  Read the complete review

The Batman Franchise went through three distinct phases: in the beginning was the dark and edgy creation pieced together by the Michael Keaton-Tim Burton axis. By the end of the line there was the farcical and shallow campery of George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Uma Thurman as we went for animated cartoon played by real live people, ...  Read the complete review

While the makers of 'Batman Forever' clearly knew what they didn't want (something as weird as 'Batman Returns), they seem to have only sketchy ideas as to what they do want. This isn't as camp and knowing as the TV series starring Bruce Wayne, but it's infinitely brighter and lighter than Tim Burton's pair of superb ...  Read the complete review

The third in the Batman Franchise sees a change of pace and a change of director. Tim Burton has been pushed upstairs to producer and Joel Schumacher has been brought in to direct. The change is obvious, as whereas the first two movies were dark and gothic fantasies, the third feels like a disco in comparison. Kilmer makes a good Batman but a poor ...  Read the complete review

Michael Keaton returns as the Caped Crusader, but where the original movie was held together by the brilliant one villain/one hero plot, 'Batman Returns' is split by the presence of too many bad guys. Batman faces the triple wrath of The Penguin (DeVito), backed by general sleazeball Max Shreck (Walken), and Catwoman (Pfieffer). While ...  Read the complete review