Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey

Batman must battle Two-Face and The Riddler with help of an amourous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 1 min.

Directed by: Joel Schumacher

Release Date: June 16, 1995

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DVD Release Date: August 27, 1997

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  • October 31, 2007
    More fun and light-hearted than the first two movies.
  • September 14, 2009
    Joel Schumacher undoes all of Burton's good work and makes Batman camp again - This time with nipples!! It's awful.
  • May 9, 2009
    The last Batman movie before the crash, this still pretty cool, its lost alot of goth but not too over the top on the neon camp look, its just right. Its just.Kilmer isn't that good, I prefer Keaton, but Carrey and Jones save the day as the villains lets be honest, oh and the bat...( read more)mobile still looks fudging topps :)

    We wont mention Robin eh.
  • April 27, 2009
    For me the best in the series before batman begins.
  • April 6, 2009
    "Courage now, truth always...."

    Batman must battle Two-Face and The Riddler with help of an amourous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

    REVIEW

    I can't hate this ...( read more)movie, because I'm sure everyone was trying their best. We were presented with a pretty cookie-cutter "by the numbers" script that attempted to explore Batman's rationale more, but did so only as an excuse for the romance. The relationship between Batman and Chase Meridian is pretty ridiculous. Then again, Batman trying to have a relationship with anyone is pretty ridiculous. So why bother, other than an excuse to put an attractive female lead in a movie? Jim Carrey was a corny Riddler. I just wish they'd gone for homicidal rather than zany. Tommy Lee Jones, did some one forget to tell him that he wasn't playing the Joker? Did he research the part at all? Chris O'Donnell's Robin was just annoying. As you've probably already guessed, my main problem with this movie was bad characterizations (maybe if it had been just Two-Face or the Riddler instead of both it might have had a chance). But this movie tried, and was based on some sound ideas. But, it still wasn't particularly good. Watchable, but not enjoyable.
  • November 13, 2009
    Everyone does a great job in this film, except Val Kilmer. He is not Batman.
  • November 13, 2009
    I can't really remember that movie
  • November 11, 2009
    Only good because of Jim Carry.
  • November 10, 2009
    I love all the batman movies...and Val Kilmer is a great batman.
  • November 6, 2009
    While this one is not as great as the two first Batman films directed by Tim Burton, it does have it's quirks and charms about it. While Joel Schumacher is in no way Tim Burton, he does make due with the style that Burton set forth.




    Batman Forever continues the stylish ...( read more)and dark tradition of the earlier films while infusing the comedic wit and style of Joel Schumacher which the earlier films lacked.Except for Batman. It's got great heart and power driven from the new Batman, Val Kilmer(who rocks here.) While I grew up with the first two I also remember this one much more due to me watching it on almost every Saturday nights. But some people feel this film doesn't live up to the first two well I'm here to tell you that it most certainly does. It's dark, brooding, smart, sexy, stylish, witty and foreboding. It's an all around great third installment to the Batman series and is worthy of being called great.




    Val Kilmer(who at first I wasn't to happy to see play Batman.) Does utterly fantastic here as The Dark Knight he brings a Shakespearean quality and wit to an otherwise overwhelmingly serious character. It's something refreshing to see that kind of style being put into the character and it makes Batman seem even more great. Nicole Kidman(who was at her all time sexiest here.) Is the hot doctor who falls for Bruce Wayne and for Batman, It's great and sexy at the same time to see how this little love affair plays out on screen. Kidman does great here and is one of the true highlights of this film. She brings class, style and great charm and helps turn what could have been an oddball Batman film into great movie making. Tommy Lee Jones rocks the house as the maniacal Two-Face, while not as good as Aaron Eckhart who took over later. He does give off some serious power and madness in this and gives one wild and crazy performance. Jim Carrey is the one who really stole the show in this one, he is just down right mad as The Riddler, he's out of control and oh so zany to the point you want to either totally love him or punch him(I choose to love his performance.) But all in all Carrey is the real show in this film and is fantastic to watch.The cast does fantastic under the direction of Joel Schumacher and they pull off another home run in the Batman Franchise.




    Batman Forever may not please many fans of Batman and Batman Returns, but it will garner new ones due to it's wild and out of control action sequences, slick hand to hand fights, cool visuals and amazing performances. All in all Batman Forever is a great comic book adaption and is, in my opinion, one of the best.

Critic Reviews


May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Batman Forever is in and out but wins in the end by staying true to its unbridled comic spirit. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's great bubble gum for the eyes. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A grand- scale effort that's more awe-inspiring than completely successful as entertainment. full review

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  • SkywalkerJones
    September 20, 2008
    i liked it because of jim carrey.
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    July 24, 2008
    Sure it's silly... but it's a lot of fun. Schumacher wanted to make a live-action cartoon, and he succeeded in my opinion (and failed miserably with BATMAN AND ROBIN).
  • thedoctor2k7
    March 31, 2008
    there were 2 gd things about this movie 1 jim carrey as the riddler the best choice for the role and 2 was introducing two-face who has been a faveourite of main for ages i was ok with the introduction of robin but they made him too of a hot head for my likeing
  • shortybrooklyn
    December 23, 2007
    the only bad thing about the movie was val kilmer cause he is the worst at playing a batman role
  • enygma0712
    August 16, 2007
    jim carrey rules!!!
  • scifistarr48
    March 22, 2007
    this movie was good i like michael keaton good actor need to add it to my collection....
  • bryanne58
    October 4, 2006
    hey want to be friends
  • joshtanner
    July 5, 2006
    Sadly tim burton got fired, and this is what we get. WTF is with those bat-nipples. Go to hell shumacher!
  • supermasterchief
    June 19, 2006
    Both stars are for Jim Carrey alone.

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