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Batman Forever (1995)
Directed by Joel Schumacher
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Overview
Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.
Rated PG-13 | Length 121 minutes
Actors
Val Kilmer | Tommy Lee Jones | Jim Carrey | Nicole Kidman | Chris O'Donnell | Michael Gough | Pat Hingle | Drew Barrymore | Debi Mazar | Elizabeth Sanders | René Auberjonois | Joe Grifasi | Philip Moon | Jessica Tuck | Dennis Paladino | Kimberly Scott | Michael Paul Chan | Jon Favreau | Greg Lauren | Ramsey Ellis | Michael Scranton | Eileen Seeley | David U. Hodges | Jack Betts | Tim Jackson | Daniel Reichert | Glory Fioramonti | Larry A. Lee | Bruce Roberts | George Wallace | Bob Zmuda | Rebecca Budig | Don Wilson | Sydney D. Minckler | Maxine Jones | Terry Ellis | Cindy Herron | Dawn Robinson | Gary Kasper | Amanda Trees | Andrea Fletcher | Ria Coyne | Jed Curtis | William Mesnik | Marga Gómez | Kelly Vaughn | John Fink | Noby Arden | Marlene Bologna | Danny Castle | Troy S. Wolfe | Christopher Caso | Gary Clayton | Oscar Dillon | Keith Graham | Kevin Grevioux | Mark Hicks | Corey Jordan | Randy Lamb | Maurice Lamont | Sidney S. Liufau | Brad Martin | Deron McBee | Mario Mugavero | Joey Nelson | Jim Palmer | Robert Powell | Peewee Piemonte | Peter Radon | François Rodrigue | Joe Sabatino | Mike Sabatino | Ofer Samra | Matt Sigloch | Mike Smith | Kimberly Auslander | Ed Begley Jr. | George Cheung | Erik Cord | Scott Cranford | Michael Dane | Gunnel Eriksson | Holiday Freeman | Nancy Gassner-Clayton | Mitch Gaylord | Timothy Guest | Jenny Inge Devaney | Bob Kane | Joe Kent | Patrick Leahy | Susan Lewis | Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas | Gorja Max | Bob McGovern | Ve Neill | Velvet Rhodes | Dana Walsh | Harry Williams Jr. | Ilona Wilson | Sako Mako
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/27/2015 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 2.5 stars |
| (Average) 2.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
via Netflix
Riddle me this? What does it say about your film when the best part of it is the score and the fact you got U2 and Seal to contribute songs? Not much good. I honestly can’t tell you the last time I watched this, but it was on VHS and I never bothered replacing it with a DVD or Blu-ray.
To be honest, if I rate this along with the ‘66 Batman TV show it’d rate right up there as fantastic. It has that camp and over the top feel. As a follow-up to the Burton Batman films, this is an utter disaster. Is it as bad as Batman & Robin? No, but it has some serious issues that don’t improve in the next film either. No one in this is cast well. O’Donnell is too old, especially by the dialogue. Kilmer looks great but fails as Bruce and Batman. Kidman is given nothing really interesting to do. Tommy Lee Jones is terrible as Two-Face and the neon pink make-up doesn’t help sell it. And then there’s Carey as the Riddle who is hilarious in the role, but really doesn’t work as the Batman villain.
The characters aren’t handled all that well on top of things and I’m sure the nearly 40 minutes of excised footage to make this around a 2 hour run time as well as start on an action sequence didn’t help this film at all. While this one has more in common with the two films in the series before it, this is still pretty abysmal. There’s a reason Keaton dropped out of the role here and it’s pretty evident in the final product.
I’d initially rated this at 3 stars, but after watching it dropped a half star. There’s some sparks here that I did enjoy, but it’s still a mess. If they ever restored the footage I’d probably give this another shot, but even if it pops up on Netflix again I think I’ll pass.
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