When Tim Burton and Michael Keaton announced that they'd had enough of the Batman franchise, director JoelSchumacher stepped in (with Burton as coproducer) to make this action-packed extravaganza starring Val Kilmer as the capedcrusader. Batman is up against two of Gotham City's most colourful 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 afew 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 [show more]
It has been said that Val Kilmer in 'Batman Forever' offers the best rendition of the caped crusader, but I strongly disagree.
Despite that, the film is still moderately entertaining, especially when Jim Carrey is on screen as 'The Riddler', played in his unique way. Tommy Lee Jones and Nicole Kidman are not disappointing either, but they do not particularly impress.
Overall, I would not recommend this film to anyone but avid Batman fans and even then, it would be done so at arm's length.
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