Director Tim Burton effectively echoes the visual style of the original Bob Kane comics while conjuring up a nightmarish world of his own.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
16 Apr 2007
rotten:
Is it interesting? Fitfully. Is it fun? Not much, Gotham City fans, not much.
– Sheila Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr 2013
fresh:
The idea of doing a dark, neurotic, highly stylized and highly claustrophobic superproduction is an audacious and appealing one, but director Tim Burton has only made it halfway there.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr 2013
fresh:
The storytelling has weaknesses, but the characters are fascinating.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Apr 2013
fresh:
It's an unforgivably flat ending for a movie of such astonishing contours. But its first two-thirds -- which should be called The Joker's Big Misadventure -- is probably the best film of the year.