Jim Carrey plays the Riddler and once he shows up, all the other actors might just as well go home.
Batman Forever (1995)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:22
Rotten:27
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Loud, excessively busy, and often boring, Batman Forever nonetheless has the charisma of Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones to offer mild relief.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The third installment in the "Batman" series. Here the Caped Crusader must once again contend with two strange-looking, personality-impaired villains. First, there's maniacal ex-DA Harvey Two-Face,... The third installment in the "Batman" series. Here the Caped Crusader must once again contend with two strange-looking, personality-impaired villains. First, there's maniacal ex-DA Harvey Two-Face, so named because half his countenance has been horribly disfigured by acid. Then there's the wise-cracking, hyperactive Riddler, whose alter-ego Edward Nygma is a nerdy, highly disgruntled ex-employee of Bruce Wayne. Together, these two masterminds plan to conquer the world with a device that not only mesmerizes users with 3-D television images, but also transports the viewer's thoughts into the Riddler's mind. Batman also has to contend with two other new people in his life. One is lovely psychiatrist Chase Meridian, who has fallen in love with Batman AND Bruce Wayne. Then there's Dick Grayson, a young, orphaned acrobat who desperately wants to become Batman's crime-fighting sidekick in order to get revenge on the man responsible for his parents' death: Harvey Two-Face. [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman
Starring: Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle
Director: Joel Schumacher
Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman
Reviews for Batman Forever
The motion picture equivalent of a Twinkie, this is simple, high-cholesterol entertainment that doesn't pretend to be anything else.
Carrey lights up an otherwise over-scripted, over-frenetic potboiler.
It's lighter, brighter, funnier, faster-paced, and a whole lot more colorful than before.
The film recovers from that initial confusion to get stronger as it goes along, and to shape up as a free-form playground for its various masquerading stars.
This loud and boisterous comic book confidential is serviceable enough to satisfy.
Kilmer's appeal in the role may be partially due to the fact that his actual public persona resembles Bruce Wayne more closely than that of any other Bat-thespian.
Pluses: Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey as Two-Face and the Riddler, respectively; and the stunning production design.
A grand- scale effort that's more awe-inspiring than completely successful as entertainment.
Batman Forever is in and out but wins in the end by staying true to its unbridled comic spirit.
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