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Tongue-in-cheek humor prevails in Batman, a witty homage to the Dynamic Duo's exaggerated exploits. The Caped Crusaders (Adam West and Burt Ward) are called in as a last resort when the criminal maste... read more read more...rminds of the millennium team up to conquer Gotham City by turning the U.N. Security Council into dehydrated dust; among the villains are the Joker (Cesar Romero), Catwoman (Lee Meriwether), the Riddler (Frank Gorshin), and the Penguin (Burgess Meredith). The entire cast is excellent, particularly West and Ward, who distinguish themselves among a standout list with hilariously straight-faced performances. The film includes some truly memorable scenes, highlighted by a particularly tenacious shark with a vertical leap that would put Spud Webb to shame and a bomb on the waterfront with no place to explode (nuns, infants and lovebirds beware!). ~ Jeremy Beday, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Leslie H. Martinson, Toshihiko Masuda

Release Date: July 30, 1966

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DVD Release Date: April 23, 2002

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  • aquateen2
    April 2, 2012
    aquateen2
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    Almost entirely forgotten and overlooked by Christopher Nolan's trilogy of Batman films, "Batman: The Movie" is much lighter, comedic, friendlier and weirder than the more recent films. I have to admit i... read moret's not as good as the later Batman films but as frequently stated, the truth is it's campy fun and nothing more.
  • phubbs1
    November 28, 2011
    phubbs1
    Classic stuff from the daring duo, looks brilliantly colourful, virtually technicolour, and wonderfully hammy n camp but we all know that. I loved this as a kid, LOVED it! haha all the baddies together was great and the action sequences were bigger and longer, loved the submarine... read more fight at the end.
    It was actually a decent little plot too managing to incorporate so much yet seem just right, including virtually every Bat vehicle you could think of.

    The cast is of course legendary and they all play their roles so well, ham yes, cheese yes, but still they are quite convincing and scary for a youngster (I know haha).

    Its basically a huge pantomime where everyone is really relishing their roles and having a good time trying to out shine their fellow performers, but in a friendly way. Modern kids will probably hate it and laugh and I can guess I can understand that, this really is for the older retro generation brought up on basic TV and the very young, its what Schumacher tried to do with 'Batman and Robin' yet failed, show your young kids this instead.
  • fb729949618
    August 9, 2011
    fb729949618
    1966! This started it all! The most awesome part is when someone is hit, an onomatopoeia shows up. I loved this OG Batman.
  • spielberg00
    July 20, 2011
    spielberg00
    Meh; pretty cheesy--more corny humor than action in this superhero movie. I guess it's worth watching, but BATMAN BEGINS and THE DARK KNIGHT are much more worth it.
  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    July 1, 2011
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    He's Here Big As Life In A Real Bat-Epic.

    Remarkable! You have to appreciate this movie if you're a Batman fan, this movie had it all. Sure it's old but it has so many good things going on you can't help but to enjoy it. BAM, SPLAAT, URKKK, BLURP there's a bunch of this phrases ... read morethrown around, love em! Nothing like a classic Batman movie.

    This campy Batman movie based on the 60's hit series, is full of all your favorite main villains. The villains team up on a plot to destroy all the worlds leaders from a peace summit. Batman and Robin are entangled and nearly destroyed. Bruce Wayne's alter ego falls in love with a lady, who is purrrfectly sweet. But if looks could kill.....

    The mayhem begins when the Dynamic Duo sail into the ocean on the Batboat to the yacht of Commodore Schmidlap, a yacht that proves to be a holographic hoax that leaves Batman caught by a shark filled with explosive that must be defeated with a handy can of Shark Repellent Batspray.

    The four villains - The Penguin, The Riddler, The Joker, and Catwoman - use the ocean buoy that projected the hoax to lure Batman and Robin into a magnetic torpedo trap, but a powerful reverse polarizer by Batman saves the day for the moment, only to see the batteries run dry - until a school of noble dolphins rescues The Dynamic Duo from The Penguin's underwater missiles.

    The Fearsome Foursome set another trap by kidnapping billionaire Bruce Wayne, a trap that goes awry and leads to a hectic dash by Batman to dispose of a bomb with innocent people all around and Batman left to mutter about how getting rid of a bomb can't be done on certain days, which leads to yet another supercriminal trap involving The Penguin himself infiltrating the Batcave with dehydrated thugs - whose rehydration goes wrong and leaves Batman to trick the Penguin into leading them back to his criminal cohorts' scheme at the United World building, where the supercriminal scheme takes place and a final confrontation on The Penguin's war-surplus submarine ensues.

    Find out the outcome of this confrontation in this exciting feature length film. Same Bat-time same Bat-channel.
  • skeletonking101
    February 24, 2011
    skeletonking101
    A great movie tie in of the original TV show
  • ajv2688
    December 6, 2010
    ajv2688
    The most hilarious Batman movie ever made! If you like Batman you need to see this movie, even if you haven't seen the show. I love West as Bruce, he's awesome. The story brilliantly combines four Batman villains too! So, go down to your local Bat Video Store and rent this Ba... read moret movie.
  • MizturY0da
    September 8, 2010
    MizturY0da
    3 stars
  • cosmo313
    August 19, 2010
    cosmo313
    Say what you want about this, or the series it's based off of, but I like this. I like the darker and edgier Batman a lot more, but this is a fun and campy guilty pleasure that I can't help but enjoy. It may be silly and goofy, but it's better than what Schumacher did (although a... read moredmittedly, I do like Batman Forever- it's kinda good). At least here, peple didn't expect it to be too serious, which is partly why it works.

    Maybe it's just my enjoyment of kitsch that causes me to like this. Not that all kitsch is created equal or good, but c'mon, do we have to be serious all the time? I'm amazed that they found a way to have som many characters in this and actually have it all work. Why couldn't Sam Raimi have taken lessons from this and applied them to "Spider-Man 3"?

    The performances are good, the humor is good, I like the music, and, despite the obvious shortcomings with the fight choreography, it's hard not to like those fights, either.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 3, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Not even in my Nightmares I thought there is a Movie like this out there. lol

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Variety Staff
July 22, 2008
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. Full Review

Ed Grant
January 1, 2011
Ed Grant, Common Sense Media

1960s flick won't appeal to today's kids. Full Review

Bill Gibron
August 25, 2008
Bill Gibron, Filmcritic.com

Unlike other attempts at bringing these characters to life... the TV cast really captures the inherent insanity of the roles Full Review

Steve Crum
March 2, 2008
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

Campy, colorful fun with the Caped Crusader plus several of his TV villains.

Cole Smithey
September 24, 2006
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

It exists.

January 26, 2006
Time Out

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

Alex Sandell
September 18, 2005
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

Campy fun

Luke Y. Thompson
June 27, 2005
Luke Y. Thompson, LYTRules.com

...can we at least all agree that 'Da na na na na na na na...BAT MAN!' is one of the greatest superhero themes ever? Full Review

Peter Canavese
March 9, 2005
Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews

The delirious idiosyncracies of the '60s Batman are all on display...a pleasant-enough romp that's just a little too-distracted with its new toys. [Blu-Ray]

Willie Waffle
April 3, 2004
Willie Waffle, WaffleMovies.com

If you loved the series, the movie is what you would expect.

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    • Batman/Bruce Wayne: Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.
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    • The Penguin: My fine sir, as a famous poet once said, 'On land you may command; at sea it is me!' Wuah Wuah
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