Batman

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Batman

PG

Released Jul 30, 1966

1h 45m

Action

Comedy

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Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman ... one based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960's television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker and The Riddler on the big screen. Can they try to prevent the bad guys from taking over the world? With a wham! and a pow! and a zip! ... our heroes just might win.

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Critics Consensus

Batman: The Movie elevates camp to an art form -- and has a blast doing it, every gloriously tongue-in-cheek inch of the way.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Batman is packed with action, clever sight gags, interesting complications and goes all out on bat with batmania: batplane, batboat, batcycle, etc. etc.

Jul 22, 2008

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Time Out

I'd choose Adam West's Batmobile over Michael Keaton's any day.

Jan 26, 2006

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

... fans of the small screen show will enjoy the spoofing tone throughout. Leslie H. Martinson directs Lorenzo Semple’s screenplay like a big budget TV episode minus the cliffhanger endings.

Dec 3, 2022

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

As you’d expect, this movie is as dumb as a box of hair, but God, is it fun — a perfect guilty pleasure.

Rated: B

Aug 30, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Clearly intended to appeal only to longtime fans of the series, which has done much to make the Dark Knight and his Boy Wonder sidekick cartoonish caricatures rather than earnest crime-fighters.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 29, 2022

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Cory Woodroof

Lumination Network

While it's hilarious to watch the cheesiness of the film, it's also interesting to see how far Batman has come from the sixties.

Feb 11, 2022

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Ben W

No option to delete. Just put stars in middle, sorry. 14th Sept 2024ce.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/14/24

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Carston M

This movie is very outdated but in a sort of way that makes it better than several other newer Batman movies. Adam West and Burt Ward act in such a way that makes this movie a classic.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/04/24

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David C

Los efectos son buenos para ser de 1966 la historia es buena, chistosa y divertida

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Rami A

It may not have aged well, but it certainly was great for its time.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/24

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Lou T

The world of comic books was a much different place in the 1960's. With the Comics Code Authority forcing all stories to be more family friendly, the Silver Age of comics saw a lot of heroes take on different roles in the wider world. Showing a much lighter version of the character, Batman: The Movie gives us a very different version of the character than modern audiences are used to today. Spinning out of the incredibly successful TV show, many of the shows cast members are brought in to reprise their roles for the big screen. With Adam West & Burt Ward as our lead heroes, Batman & Robin, they face off against 4 of their most conniving foes from the series. The duo are amusingly fun and the actors work so well off each other, as true pals. The acting, though cheesy, is quite charming as a time capsule of the time, with all heroes and villains creating delightful performances. The story plays like a rather long episode of the show and, while there are some very iconic moments, it gets very repetitive and boring as the story stretches longer. The visuals are a mix of cute and cheap, with the Batcave and villain lairs always looking as if they stepped off the page of a comic. The dialogue can go over the top at points, but it almost seems self aware of its own cheesiness while poking fun at it. Though it is often looked at as a joke, this may be the most faithful adaptation of Batman so far. Every moment perfectly encapsulates the 60's style comics, with the playful tones and bright, smiling heroes that were expected at the time. Batman: The Movie shows a wonderful insight into an older age of superheroes, but fails to feel like more than a longer episode of the series.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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BRENDEN J

Best Batman movie ever made.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/30/23

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Synopsis

Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman ... one based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960's television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker and The Riddler on the big screen. Can they try to prevent the bad guys from taking over the world? With a wham! and a pow! and a zip! ... our heroes just might win.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Producer: William Dozier
Screenwriter: Lorenzo Semple Jr., Bob Kane
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, William Dozier Productions, Greenlawn Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 1966, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Mono

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