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BATMAN FOREVER

With Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris O'Donnell, Pat Hingle
Directed by Joel Schumacher

With Keaton hanging up his cape, the odd replacement choice fell on the shoulders of Val Kilmer. A fine actor, somehow he didn't seem to fit the mold. Jim Carrey on the other hand stole the show as the demented Riddler, a nuts inventor turned super-villain. Tommy Lee Jones was great as the psycho prison warden in Natural Born Killers, but here as The Riddler's ally Twoface, he doesn't quite cut it. Thurman is sexy as Poison Ivy and Kidman is forgettable in her shadow. Schumacher's takeover in the directors' chair added one too many doses of camp (complete with rubber clad butt shots) - but we must remind ourselves this is a comic book world.

3 / B
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6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temperature
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multi-Viewing Potential

B: Could Enjoy A 2nd Look

C: Once Should Suffice




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