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4 August 1995 (Portugal) moreTagline:
Courage now, truth always....Plot:
Batman must battle Two-Face and The Riddler with help of an amourous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 16 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(23 articles)
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Jim Carrey stole the show moreCast
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Rated PG-13 for strong stylized action.Parents Guide:
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122 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) | Brazil:Livre | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | Norway:11 (DVD rating) | Norway:11 (heavily cut) | Norway:15 (re-rating, cut) | Norway:15 (Original rating) | Brazil:10 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33850) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:10 (original rating)MOVIEmeter: 
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The movie was going to be shot in Cincinnati, using the old subway tunnel. The exterior of the Gotham City Hippodrome (the arena where Dick Grayson's family is killed) is based on the exterior of Union Terminal, a famous 1930's Art Deco train station in Cincinnati. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the Riddler and Two-Face break into the jewellery store, when Riddler first picks up a diamond just before saying, "This is a Good One", it is a large diamond, but when it cuts into a closer view, he is holding a tiny one. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Alfred Pennyworth: Can I persuade you to take a sandwich with you, sir?
Batman: I'll get drive-thru.
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The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game moreFAQ
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSWhere is Gotham City located?
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Some people talk about "the stick of straw that broke the camel's back", meaning when something reached the tipping point. So when did the Batman franchise go bad? Well, "Batman Forever" was getting silly, but it still had Jim Carrey to steal the show as The Riddler ("Batman and Robin" had about as many good qualities as a barrel of toxic waste). Personally, I don't know why they had to have Batman (Val Kilmer) going through therapy; remove that and he still would have been a cool superhero with neat gadgets. Tommy Lee Jones wasn't bad as Two-Face. Nicole Kidman and Chris O'Donnell, as Dr. Chase Meridian and Robin, respectively, didn't really add anything.
Overall, the point is that when Joel Schumacher took over directing, the franchise went downhill. Part of the problem was that while Tim Burton created an eerie Gotham City that looked like New York in the 1940s, Joel Schumacher created a Gotham City that looked like it was trying too hard to be "Blade Runner".
So, the franchise starting getting stale with this one, but Jim Carrey kept the movie from being unwatchable. As Edward Nygma, one of Bruce Wayne's employees, he had some great lines. In the movie, Nygma proposes a device that rests atop TV sets and reads peoples' minds, but Wayne rejects it, considering it too dangerous. Thus, Nygma becomes The Riddler, and he's the best character in the movie.