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Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders

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Batman and Robin have their hands full when Penguin, The Joker, Riddler and Catwoman combine their nefarious talents to threaten Gotham City.
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Critics Consensus

Adam West's groovy interpretation of the The Caped Crusader returns in a new medium, popping in the realm of animation with the irascible energy of an exclamation-accented onomatopoeia.

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Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson 02/14/2019
4/5
Far and away, this is a light, easy, harmless, and amusing love letter to squeaky clean family-friendly entertainment of a bygone era. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner Rotoscopers 02/06/2019
4/5
After a year of dark and sad Batman movies, it was nice to break free from that and watch Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. Go to Full Review
Maya Phillips Black Nerd Problems 06/13/2018
If you're a fan of Batman - a complex, self-aware Batman that can be funny and dark, smart and utterly ridiculous, all at the same time - Caped Crusaders is a movie you simply cannot miss. Go to Full Review
Ewan Paterson What Culture 02/22/2018
That said, the lack of a live action element and the transition to animation has allowed West's Batman to grow more bombastic, brilliant, and more brazenly silly than ever before Go to Full Review
Dave Trumbore Collider 02/22/2018
It's both a subtle jab at more dour versions of Batman in the mythology and acts as a stamp that marks West's version as a cunning and capable character. Go to Full Review
Scott Mendelson Forbes 02/22/2018
7/10
I wish the film dove a little deeper into its subtext (the film teases the notion of other variations of Batman side-by-side with the Adam West version but doesn't go in that direction), but what's there is enjoyable and entertaining. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Sep 13 Success in 1 hour and 18 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Rude Humor, Action and Suggestive Material!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Mike P Jun 12 I love this! It's a cartoon resurrection of the campy 60s Biff!Bam!Pow! Classic William Dozier/Adam West and Burt Ward Batman Show; the one we all love! So much fun to see West and Ward donning their magic multicolored capes again; (or their likenesses anyway); using lines like "Not so fast old chum!" And "Holy Heartbreaks Batman!" This is exactly the dose of goofy 60s Silver Age-DC zaniness we all need right now! It completely goes against the grain and I love it! The plot basically repeats the plot of the 1966 Batman pilot movie; where The Dynamic Duo go up against their entire rogue gallery all at once. And joyfully Julie Newman comes back as Catwoman for this! The plot, the scripting, the performances are all a breath of fresh air. And admittedly, the animation is sometimes low rent Adult Swim stuff: but in this kind of Star-Studded milieu it makes no difference! I highly recommend this! See more Logan D May 9 Gotham is threatened by a gaggle of gangsters, Batman and Robin (Adam West; Burt Ward) launch into action. A delightful return to a fun show of my youth and featuring the best Catwoman, Julie Newmar. It's too bad they didn't draw the Joker with a painted mustache. See more Chris M 10/10/2023 This captures the camp and fun of the silver age of Batman comics and the 1966 TV show did. Those who want their Batman dark, gritty and Nolanized is in for a groovy disappointment. There is a lot of Bat Easter Eggs from the comic books as well as other Bat-Movies. It was good to hear Adam West and Julie Newmar again. It is a campy near perfect Bat-Fun. Plus the actors that are playing the late actors from the shows are doing great imitations. Overall, a must for 60s Batfans. See more Jeffrey M 09/14/2023 Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders was an amazing movie. I watched it kind of a long time ago, so it is not fresh in my mind. Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders was a very interesting movie. What a good movie. See more CKB 11/28/2022 Being ancient enough to have watched the original Batman series in the 1960s, I checked this out from nostalgia. The live-action show was a takeoff on comic book superheroes, so to make it into an animated cartoon loses its basic joke. That said, it was a pleasure to hear Adam West (a bit shaky), Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar reprising their original roles from 50 yrs before (!) so nicely (and to hear Penguin once again give that snarky laugh that Burgess Meredith created). The writers capture a good amount of the original's campiness, though it's hard to recreate that special excitement people felt in the 60s from messing with convention and tweaking social mores. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Batman and Robin have their hands full when Penguin, The Joker, Riddler and Catwoman combine their nefarious talents to threaten Gotham City.
Director
Rick Morales
Producer
Michael Jelenic
Screenwriter
Michael Jelenic
Distributor
Fathom Events
Production Co
Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment
Rating
PG (Rude Humor|Action|Suggestive Material)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 10, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 9, 2017
Runtime
1h 18m
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