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Batman Returns

1992

Tim Burton

Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken ...

6.4

51,033

Fantasy. Thriller. Action Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, Max's secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I can admire the movie on many levels, but I cannot accept it as 'Batman'. And I was disappointed that the disjointed plot advanced so unsteadily (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"Tim Burton is a gifted and inventive director. 'Edward Scissorhands' proved that. But neither 'Batman' nor 'Batman Returns' adds much to the evidence. They are just hits, missing their true mark by something like a mile"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"'Returns' is, in many ways, superior to its predecessor. Great efforts have been made to keep up (and exceed) the visual wonder and oomph of the original, and it shows."
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It succeeds in banishing much of the dourness and tedium that made the first film such an ordeal (...) Almost nothing about it makes sense or particularly matters."
		Philip Thomas Empire	"Burton continues to capture the essence of the Batman legend and more importantly his audiences imagination (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The follow-up to the blockbuster of summer ’89 is faster and funnier, but that’s not always a plus (...) Tim Burton spends less time investigating the Dark Knight’s dark side"
		Variety	"[Much of the film] is massively inventive and spiked with fresh, perverse humor (...) [It] is one big glob storywise, without a strong dramatic arc and propelled by weak narrative muscles"
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Burton, it’s obvious, empathizes with every one of his rebellious freaks. As a storyteller, though, he hasn’t begun to figure out what these characters are doing in the same film."
		John Ferguson Radio Times	"The sets are suitably stunning, and, while action may not be Burton's strongest suit, there are still some dazzling set pieces and a whole range of new gadgets (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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