Batman Forever

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Theatrical Release Date

Jun 15, 1995

Genre(s)

• All
• Feature Films
• Daring Rescues
• Heroic Missions
• Action & Adventure

Rating (Stars)

Description

When Tim Burton and Michael Keaton announced that they'd had enough of the Batman franchise, director Joel Schumacher stepped in (with Burton as coproducer) to make this action-packed extravaganza starring Val Kilmer as the caped crusader. Batman is up against two of Gotham City's most colorful criminals, the Riddler (a role tailor-made for funnyman Jim Carrey) and the diabolical Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones), who join forces to conquer Gotham's population with a brain-draining device. Nicole Kidman plays the seductive psychologist who wants to know what makes Batman tick. Boasting a redesigned Batmobile and plenty of new Bat hardware, Batman Forever also introduces Robin the Boy Wonder (Chris O'Donnell) whose close alliance with Batman led more than a few critics to ponder the series' homoerotic subtext. No matter how you interpret it, Schumacher's take on the Batman legacy is simultaneously amusing, lavishly epic, and prone to chronic sensory overload. --Jeff Shannon

Director

Joel Schumacher

Stars

• Val Kilmer
• Tommy Lee Jones
• Jim Carrey
• Nicole Kidman
• Chris O'Donnell

Running Time

122 minutes

Original Price

$19.98

Current Value

$6.50

DVD Features

• Anamorphic
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Full Screen
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 1.85:1