The Batman - Movie Reviews (2024)

It starts with an original vision of the hero, has an inspired cast, creates a self-sufficient story and elevates it with a stylized direction that's in line with the film's substance. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 20, 2023

The Batman is an ALL TIME BEST FILM. Matt Reeves has crafted the DEFINITIVE take on The Caped Crusader that Pattinson will define for generations to come. Brooding and brutal, I didn’t want it to end.

Full Review | Sep 27, 2023

The Batman isn’t just another entry in a trilogy or a multi-directed Batman starring three Bruce Wayne’s. It’s a love letter to fans who have waited decades for a faithful adaptation of Batman.

Full Review | Sep 25, 2023

This latest Batman tale is grounded, noir and detective based, and a highly realistic entry into the movie mythos of the caped crusader.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 7, 2023

It’s a part-serial killer mystery, part-superhero adventure, and part-crime drama stuffed in a 3-hour runtime that can feel loaded but never dull.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 18, 2023

Not only does the central plot feel like a rehashing of other films and comic books, the entire movie plays like a patchwork quilt of past works.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 10, 2023

A phenomenal take on the caped crusader that will leave you wanting more from this Batman world.

Full Review | Aug 9, 2023

The Batman becomes less of a full-throttle action romp and more of a detective tale, an arc that hasn’t been filmed before.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jul 29, 2023

BEST Batman Film yet…. Beautifully made with incredible action sequences, a thrilling mystery, & amazing characters. You can’t get any better than this & wherever smart Reeves goes next door will I.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2023

With an incredible score by Michael Giacchino, and a backdrop of Nirvana songs to elevate the mood, The Batman is a fantastic film. The acting and fighting sequences will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2023

Matt Reeves delivers a distinctly darker, more intense, frighteningly realistic noir thriller than past adaptations, with an aggressively vengeful Bruce Wayne / Batman and a fear-inducing, mysterious, lunatic Riddler.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 25, 2023

Even with a runtime of nearly three hours, The Batman leaves the audience wanting more. While ultimately fumbling the ending, the characters, performances, plot, and visual appearance leave enough behind to warrant a return to this version of Gotham.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2023

The Batman is everything a superhero film should be. It’s gritty, stylistic, and most importantly, there’s an intrinsic balance between the action and quiet moments, which Matt Reeves masters superbly through this adaptation.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 23, 2023

In a lot of ways, the disjointed editing in The Batman leaves much for the viewer to process; not enough time exists for key character moments.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2023

... In this Batman -- very different from Nolan's, Burton's or Schumacher's -- everything seems more appeased, more contained, more... human. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 12, 2023

They turned revealing an antagonist's presence to the audience without the victim's knowledge into a suspense-driven art. Here, Reeves taps directly into these tactics to phenomenal effect...

Full Review | Jan 9, 2023

This is the ultimate Batman movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 6, 2023

Batman's superpower has always been that he's the smartest guy in the room. ... His title as the Dark Knight Detective has never been showcased on film as well as it was in The Batman.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 6, 2023

It may take three hours for Bruce to learn this lesson, but it's an incredible three hours. It may be fun to watch Pattinson put on black make-up and strap into the Batsuit to fight some bad guys, but there's much more to this story than just that.

Full Review | Original Score: 9.8/10 | Dec 30, 2022

THE BATMAN exceeds my expectations and passes the bar of a reboot. It justifies its own existence with great storytelling, insights into humanity and human society, and powerful performances.

Full Review | Dec 28, 2022