CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

Lawrence Toppman - Charlotte Observer

MaryAnn Johanson - Flick Filosopher

Kyle Smith - NY Post

Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW

William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Shawn Levy - Portland Oregonian

Kirk Honeycutt - Hollywood Reporter

Manohla Dargis - NY Times

Desson Thomson - Washington Post

James Berardinelli - ReelViews

Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

Jack Mathews - NY Daily News

Ty Burr - Boston Globe

Michael Atkinson - Village Voice

DUELING CRITICS

"The movie doesn't simply supply Batman's beginnings in the tradition of a comic book origin story, but explores the tortured path that led Bruce Wayne from a parentless childhood to a friendless adult existence"

- Roger Ebert

"The plotting [is] tortuous, the characters relegated to one-scene-one-emotion simplicity, the digitized action a never ending club mix of chases and mano a manos"

- Michael Atkinson