Keaton is perfectly cast as the eccentric billionaire loner while the role of Joker was literally written for Jack Nicholson. Burton is brilliant at world building and you get to see these two complicated characters go toe to toe in the fight for Gotham.
This review of Batman (1989) was written by John O on 22 Jul 2016.
Batman has generally received very positive reviews.
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