| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"This is the story of the Dark Knight, not the Caped Crusader." more... |
B+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"In Batman Begins, Christian Bale gives us the best Bruce Wayne that has ever graced the screen." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The movie works dramatically in addition to being an entertainment." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...one of the artier, more noir-drenched, psychologically tortured and memorable of all the recent big comic-book hero movies." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"The dark tone may dim its overall box-office take, but it will definitely brighten the lives of fans of the hero." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...a confidently original, engrossing interpretation..." more... |
A |
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null |
"Batman Begins is a solid and frequently very good superhero flick, though it doesn't quite measure up to 2002's Spider-Man..." more... |
B |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"The franchise gets resurrected in this edgy, psychologically shrewd actioner." more... |
A |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"It's great because it's so real." more... |
A |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"It's amazing what an excellent cast, a solid screenplay and a regard for the source material can do for a comic book movie." more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Batman Begins is a strong re-start to a franchise that deserves better than it has often been accorded." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"The buildup is steadily engrossing." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Batman Begins does it right, and it's the first 'Batman' movie to get it right since Tim Burton's Batman, 16 years ago." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...dark, dazzling and engagingly original..." more... |
A- |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...wears thin." more... |
C+ |
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