EDITED BY alexis wilson
Rev up the Batmobile— it’s time for a cruise down Gotham City. Here we rank every Batman film based off of EW critics upon release.
"Tim Burton's Batman movies began in perfect Germanic shadow, with towering characters and despairing skyscrapers ... Joel Schumacher traded operatic style for sitcom puns well suited to casual video viewing." —Stephen Whitty
EW’s grade: C-
"It's obvious to anyone watching Justice League next to the other DC films that the studio brass handed down a mandate to lighten the mood and make things funnier and more Marvel-y." —Chris Nashawaty
EW’s grade: C+
"Narrative has never been Burton's strong point, but even when his films weren't seamless they felt like coherent pop visions. This may be the first one that doesn't hold together. " —Owen Gleiberman
EW’s grade: B-
“Robert Pattinson's damaged young billionaire may be the Darkest Knight yet: He journals, he broods, he plucks a single blueberry from a silver urn and gazes at it mournfully." —Leah Greenblatt
EW’s grade: B
"Good and evil aren't just separate forces... and the movie exudes a predatory glamour that makes the comic-book films that have come before it look all the more like kid stuff." —Owen Gleiberman
EW’s grade: A-