The Batman Review Roundup--Here's What The Critics Think
DC's The Batman comes to theaters on March 3, and ahead of that, reviews for the superhero film have begun to appear online. We're rounding up review excerpts below to help you get an idea for if the film is worth your time and money.
Here at GameSpot, we scored the film a 6/10 in our The Batman review. Reviewer Mason Downey wrote, «This is a Gotham that is both familiar and new, grounded and somehow completely bizarre. If The Batman has one major masterstroke that should be replicated in future live-action adaptations, this is it.»
The Batman is directed by Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet the Apes) and stars Robert Pattinson as Batman. The rest of the cast includes Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as The Riddler, Andy Serkis as Alfred, and Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon.
You can see a sampling of review scores and excerpts below, and more critical consensus here at GameSpot sister site Metacritic.
«Unfortunately for Reeves, however, The Batman only succeeds as a story a little less than half of the time--which, given it's staggering three hour runtime, is certainly still an achievement, but leaves some things to be desired nonetheless.» — Mason Downey [Full review]
«The Batman is a gripping, gorgeous, and, at times, genuinely scary psychological crime thriller that gives Bruce Wayne the grounded detective story he deserves. Robert Pattinson is great as a very broken Batman, but it’s Zoe Kravitz and Paul Dano who steal the show, with a movingly layered Selina Kyle/Catwoman and a terrifyingly unhinged Riddler. Writer/director Matt Reeves managed to make a Batman movie that's entirely different from the others in the live-action canon, yet surprisingly loyal to Gotham lore as a whole. Ultimately, it’s one that
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