When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.... (Full plot summary below)
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When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
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| VarietyPeter DebrugeThis grounded, frequently brutal and nearly three-hour film noir registers among the best of the genre, even if — or more aptly, because — what makes the film so great is its willingness to dismantle and interrogate the very concept of superheroes. |
| The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe two stars generate an astonishing sensual charge in a brilliant addition to the Batman canon that refuses to behave like a blockbuster |
| IGNAlex StedmanMatt Reeves’ violent, thrilling, darkly beautiful take on The Batman more than justifies its place in the franchise’s canon. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerWhat Riddler is doing is nakedly political, and there’s a risk that the audience may fall for his persuasive, butcherous way. Yet in the rebuttal to the Riddler’s conundrum, Reeves give this Bruce Wayne something more meaningful than an origin story: He gives him redemption. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAt a time when many comic book franchises are seeking to go bigger, with cosmic beings and multiverses, The Batman’s down-to-earth approach offers a welcome reprieve. |
| TheWrapTodd GilchristWith Pattinson glowering beneath his cowl, Reeves creates a Batman whose psychology is at least as interesting as his crime-fighting activities, for the first time in a long time. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireThis is the most beautiful Batman movie you’ve ever seen—even if it’s not really a Batman movie at all. |
| USA TodayBrian TruittPattinson’s main man holds down a revamped Gotham that feels distinctively gritty with its blueprint of madness and mayhem, a place you would never want to live in but still would love to revisit as soon as possible. |
| SlashfilmChris EvangelistaDo we really need yet another "Batman" reboot? The answer, after watching Matt Reeves' tremendous The Batman, is apparently a resounding yes. |
| The PlaylistRobert DanielsMatt Reeves’ The Batman should tell audiences that other superhero movies are possible, and yet more, they can be had outside the formulaic tentpoles filling theaters today. |
