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Batman Begins

PG-13

Released Jun 15, 2005

2 hr. 20 min.

Action

Fantasy

Adventure

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291 Reviews

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250,000+ Ratings

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A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts by Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson), a member of the mysterious League of Shadows. When Ducard reveals the League's true purpose -- the complete destruction of Gotham City -- Wayne returns to Gotham intent on cleaning up the city without resorting to murder. With the help of Alfred (Michael Caine), his loyal butler, and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), a tech expert at Wayne Enterprises, Batman is born.

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Critics Consensus

Brooding and dark, but also exciting and smart, Batman Begins is a film that understands the essence of one of the definitive superheroes.

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Pamela

We really enjoyed the movie! Lots of action going on.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/18/23

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Michael

Best movie of 2023! Cant wait for the sequel!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/16/23

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Ben W

So great! As an origin story, it works incredibly well. The groundednessand grittyness was great.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/16/23

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Audience Member

Great movie. Love it. Too much action.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Ricardo A

Just watched it again, for the second time beginning to end (if I remember correctly), and it was epic. Awesome movie, and if you disagree you are wrong. Having not yet established a solid rating method, I give it 5 Stars no doubt. Can't think of anything negative to say about it. Cinema at its finest, pure enjoyment. Cheers!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/11/24

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Jude M

Best Christopher Nolan novice. Favorite Batman movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Batman has been all about darkness, Nolan just makes it a shade darker. Go see it.

Rated: 3/4

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Christy Lemire

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Nolan takes an admirable stab at developing a character-driven drama, only to give in to generic action-movie conventions with a blinding, deafening, explosion-laden finale that could have capped off any number of interchangeable Jerry Bruckheimer flicks.

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Joe Morgenstern

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Batman Begins summons up moments of great eloquence and power. If only its cast of characters was as fully inhabited as its turbulent city.

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Akhil Arora

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This is the moment Nolan began to establish his blockbuster tendencies: dynamic camera movement, rich cinematography, and heavy use of a majestic background score.

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Christian Eulinberg

InSession Film

This entry is the only film in the dark knight trilogy that doesn’t feel like a Christopher Nolan movie, and I adore it for that reason.

Sep 26, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

For the Win (USA Today)

Nolan’s first take on Batman redefined the character for a 2000s audience and gave superhero films the license to play it straight in a way that they hadn’t really before, sans the melodramatic heights of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films.

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Synopsis

A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts by Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson), a member of the mysterious League of Shadows. When Ducard reveals the League's true purpose -- the complete destruction of Gotham City -- Wayne returns to Gotham intent on cleaning up the city without resorting to murder. With the help of Alfred (Michael Caine), his loyal butler, and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), a tech expert at Wayne Enterprises, Batman is born.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Executive Producer: Michael E. Uslan, Benjamin Melniker
Screenwriter: David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Bob Kane
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Di Bonaventura Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Action Violence|Disturbing Images|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 9, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $206.9M
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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