Jim Carrey alone makes this movie worth the watch.

My youngest son is a huge Batman fan. He watches the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher films as much as he does the Nolan ones. He even likes Adam West’s version. My personal favorite of the pre-Bale Batman movies is the all-star packed Batman Forever. It is a complete and utter mess as a serious film but it works well as a comedy.

Played by Kilmer this time around, Batman is pursued by a horny psychologist, Kidman. She uses the Bat signal to try to get him into her bed, “A girl cannot live on psychosis alone.” He also has Two Face just out and about robbing banks. The movie opens with him robbing a bank and tossing his coin to decide a prison guards fate,“Ah. Fortune smiles. Another day of wine and roses. Or, in your case, beer and pizza!” As is the tradition in Batman movies, there is a second villain, Riddler, played to the hilt by Jim Carrey, “Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?” As if that was not enough for Bruce Wayne, he also becomes the guardian of circus acrobat orphan Dick Grayson, played by Chris O'Donell, who looks far too old to need a guardian.

Kilmer and O’ Donnell play their roles straight. They are seriously out to get the bad guys. “...you gotta help me find him. And when we do, I'm the one who kills him.” Dick says to Bruce, who asks, “So, you’re willing to take a life.” “Long as it’s Two-Face.” However, Jim Carrey steals this film and nearly single handedly makes this a good comedy. He enunciates every line to just the right comedic level. I am not sure how many times I have seen this movie, I did not think it was that often, yet I recited nearly everyone of his lines as he spoke them. “Someone tell the fat lady, she’s on in five.” “And what a grand pursuit you must be.” “Joygasm!” "I've seen your mind-Freak!." "Does anybody else feel like a fried egg?"

Filled with silly, yet catchy lines and over the top performances, Batman Forever is a superhero movie to enjoy for a laugh. Whereas you laughed at the next film, Batman and Robin, for it’s utter stupidity, here you actually laugh with Batman Forever.

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