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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt's lighter, brighter, funnier, faster-paced, and a whole lot more colorful than before.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversSchumacher's method is to use a lighter touch, to stay closer to the cartoon that Bob Kane created for DC Comics in 1939 and to temper Burton's nightmare world with an accessible, brightly colored TV palette.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's an art-direction, Dolby-sound, special-effects extravaganza, a grand-scale effort that's more awe-inspiring than completely successful as entertainment.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatIf the first two "Batman" movies (1989/1992) were the storm, then Batman Forever (1995) is the rainbow at the end of it. After seeing so much dark and doom, it’s also refreshing to see some beaming color.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere is no rhythm to the movie, no ebb and flow; it's all flat-out spectacle.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinAs for the actual movie, it's the empty-calorie equivalent of a Happy Meal (another Batman tie-in), so clearly a product that the question of its cinematic merit is strictly an afterthought.
- 60Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonCarrey lights up an otherwise over-scripted, over-frenetic potboiler.
- 60Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonSometimes thrilling, but rarely inspired, it is thoroughly-almost perfectly-adequate.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserExcept for the casting, it would be difficult to find any substantial difference between this movie and the previous ones, or this movie and any number of high-tech adventure movies of the last decade.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThere's so much and so little going on here simultaneously that you're not sure whether to squirm or doze.