This is the Batman movie I've been waiting for; more correctly, this is the movie I did not realize I was waiting for, because I didn't realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action was just what was needed. The movie works dramatically in addition to being an entertainment. There's something to it.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Conceived in the shadow of American pop rather than in its bright light, this tense, effective iteration of Bob Kane's original comic book owes its power and pleasures to a director who takes his material seriously and to a star who shoulders that seriousness with ease.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Batman Begins emerges from the darkness and leaves a powerful, lasting impression.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
A carefully thought out and consummately well-made piece of work, a serious comic-book adaptation that is driven by story, psychology and reality, not special effects.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The action scenes are, for the most part, kinetic and exciting - things that have rarely been true of fights and chases in the superhero's previous incarnations.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
In Batman Begins, Christian Bale gives us the best Bruce Wayne that has ever graced the screen.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
The buildup is steadily engrossing. That's because Nolan keeps the emphasis on character, not gadgets. Gotham looks lived in, not art-directed.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
The movie is satisfying, though -- at least by the standards of that depressing phenomenon, the superhero "franchise."Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
A mostly successful attempt to resuscitate a series soiled by silliness, sloppiness and Joel Schumacher.Read Full Review »
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