Batman Forever . Tucson Weekly . 06-29-95

Batman Forever

DIRECTED BY: Joel Schumacher

REVIEWED: 06-29-95

This summer's Batman has a new face (Val Kilmer), a new girlfriend (Nicole Kidman), a new sidekick (Chris O'Donnell, playing Robin), and two new villains (Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones) to battle. He's also got a new director, Joel Schumacher, who directs the spectacle with a glossy light touch that seems altogether more appropriate than the self-consciously moody approach Tim Burton took during the first two outings. Though the series has never been worthy of the hype it has generated, this one's pretentious aspects are transparent enough that you can enjoy the movie for the slick, stupid, self-referential commercial that it is. For once, nobody will believe the lie that a film about a comic book character adds up to a grand artistic vision; that's a blessing that makes this picture the lesser of the three evils.

--Zachary Woodruff

Other Films by Joel Schumacher
A Time to Kill
Batman & Robin
Eight MM
Flawless
Lost Boys

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Kull the Conquerer
Waterworld
After the Fall of New York

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