Batman Returns

Batman Returns is both the second Tim Burton Batman movie and the second Batman film starring Michael Keaton as the title character. This time Batman has to stop Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, Max Shreck, played by Christopher Walken, and The Penguin, played by Danny DeVito. It was released in theaters on June 19, 1992. The score by Danny Elfman creates Gothic atmosphere by combining strings and children's choruses. The film is considered the darkest installment in the franchise and contains most of the artistic, theatrical, and fantastic elements often attributed to Tim Burton.

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Tim Burton - Batman - Michael Keaton - Catwoman - Michelle Pfeiffer - Max Shreck - Christopher Walken - The Penguin - Danny DeVito - June 19 - 1992 - Danny Elfman - Goth

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In 1992, as part of the publicity campaign to promote the movie, Warner Bros. produced the animated series '. This movie, as its predecessor, was a huge success, although some fans complained it was "too weird". Film critic Leonard Maltin accused Batman Returns of being a "nasty, nihilistic, nightmare movie" with a dark, mean-spirited, and often incoherent screenplay. Today, however, a significant portion of the Batman movie fanbase regards this as one of the best films of the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman franchise precisely because of the very qualities for which Maltin criticized it. Followed by Batman Forever (1995).

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Warner Bros. - Animated series - Leonard Maltin - Nihilistic - Nightmare - Tim Burton - Joel Schumacher - Batman Forever

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