Poster © Warner Bros.. Shown at reduced size for review and commentary.
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GenreAction & Adventure
RatedPG-13
Runtime2 hr 1 min
ReleasedJune 16, 1995
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorJoel Schumacher
StarringVal Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey
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Batman Forever (1995)
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| Batman Forever's Details | |
| Genre | Action & Adventure |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 06/09/1995 (Mann Village Theater); 06/16/1995 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 1 min |
| Budget | $100M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Characters by DC Comics, Batman by Bob Kane and Bill Finger |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Batman Forever's Interests | |
| General | Riddles, coin flips, neon Gotham, question marks on everything, a very glowy Batmobile. |
| Music | Elliot Goldenthal, plus Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" on the soundtrack. |
| Movies | Batman Returns (1992). The darker, snowier chapter right before this one. |
| Television | Batman, the 1966 show. This one keeps its love of camp alive. |
| Heroes | Alfred (Michael Gough). Patching up the whole household, as usual. |
| Batman Forever's Crew | |
| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Writers | Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Akiva Goldsman, Lee Batchler (story), Janet Scott Batchler (story) |
| Producers | Tim Burton, Peter MacGregor-Scott |
| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Music | Elliot Goldenthal |
| Edited By | Dennis Virkler |
| Production | Warner Bros., PolyGram Pictures, Tim Burton Productions |
| Distributed By | Warner Bros. |
Who told Tommy Lee Jones he was in a cackling contest with Jim Carrey? He enters it and loses badly, since nobody out-cackles Jim Carrey in 1995. That’s the whole problem: two villains doing the same loud bit, one of them in a question mark unitard bouncing off the walls. Two-Face is a second, angrier Riddler. Val Kilmer is a fine Batman who mostly stands still while the scenery screams at him. Nicole Kidman plays a psychologist with a crush on a cape, and the script thinks that’s a personality. Chris O’Donnell’s Robin is a furious circus kid with a motorcycle, and he gets the most human moments. Gotham looks like a pinball machine. The story keeps pausing for therapy talk about Bruce’s parents, a strange speed bump in a movie this loud. It made $336.6 million worldwide on a reported $100M. A 4.4 because Carrey is a riot and everything around him is a glow stick. $67.99 says you flip a coin to pick dinner tonight and quietly overrule it when it lands the wrong way.
What works: Jim Carrey’s Riddler is pure manic energy, and Chris O’Donnell’s angry young Robin brings the only real feelings.
What doesn’t: Two-Face is just a louder copy of the Riddler, and the neon chaos buries every serious moment, including Bruce’s flashbacks.
Who it’s for: Anyone who grew up on nineties Batman toys and wants to see the movie that sold them.
Spoilers
The Riddler learns Batman’s identity with his mind-reading box and wrecks the Batcave. In the finale, Batman smashes the box, which scrambles the Riddler’s mind, saves both Chase and Robin, and tosses a handful of coins that make Two-Face lose his footing for good. Nygma ends up in Arkham, convinced he’s Batman.
Gotham has a fresh pair of problems. Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones), once district attorney Harvey Dent, flips a coin before every move and blames Batman for everything. And Edward Nygma (Jim Carrey), a Wayne Enterprises inventor whose brain-beaming TV gadget gets turned down by Bruce Wayne (Val Kilmer), takes it very personally and starts mailing riddles. Add psychologist Dr. Chase Meridian (Nicole Kidman), who is very curious about the Bat, and circus acrobat Dick Grayson (Chris O'Donnell), whose family gets caught in Two-Face's chaos. Joel Schumacher directs. One hundred twenty-one minutes, neon on every surface.
Anyone good at riddles. Neon is optional but strongly encouraged.
| Val Kilmer | Bruce Wayne / Batman |
| Jim Carrey | Edward Nygma / The Riddler |
| Tommy Lee Jones | Harvey Dent / Two-Face |
| Nicole Kidman | Dr. Chase Meridian |
| Chris O'Donnell | Richard "Dick" Grayson / Robin |
| Michael Gough | Alfred Pennyworth |
| Pat Hingle | James Gordon |
| Drew Barrymore | Sugar |
| Debi Mazar | Spice |
| Elizabeth Sanders | Gossip Gerty |
| René Auberjonois | Dr. Burton |
| Joe Grifasi | Hawkins |
| Michael Paul Chan | executive |
| Jon Favreau | assistant |
| Glory Fioramonti | Dick Grayson's mother |
| Larry A. Lee | Dick Grayson's father |
| Mitch Gaylord | Dick Grayson's older brother |
| George Wallace | the mayor of Gotham City |
| En Vogue | girls on corner |
| Ofer Samra | Harvey's thug |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Fred Stickley |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $336.6M; Domestic box office $184.1M; Opening weekend $52.8M; Profit / loss (est.) +$18.3M; Rotten Tomatoes 41%; CinemaScore A−; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 41% (73 reviews); Metacritic 51 / 100; CinemaScore A−; IMDb users 5.5 / 10 (285,702 votes); movie.guru score 3.8.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.