The Dark Knight is the best Batman film ever made, the best superhero movie ever made, and the best movie of the year to date.
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The Dark Knight (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 253 Fresh: 239 Rotten:14 Average Rating: 8.5/10
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Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hrs 32 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 18, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $471,082,150
Synopsis: To say that Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT is the best comic book adaptation does the film a bit of a disservice. It may be a Batman film, but this isn't a kid-friendly action movie full of the bams and pows of the original series. This is a pitch-black thriller with enough drama and tragedy to... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine
Director: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
Story: Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
Producer: Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Composer: Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
Story: Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
Producer: Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Composer: Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard
Reviews
This is without a doubt the best -- and most important -- picture of the year.
08/17/08
Were films judged entirely by the emotive impact of their opening and closing images... Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight would be a masterpiece.
08/09/08
...even if Ledger hadn't died, critics and audiences alike would still be buzzing about the star's turn as The Joker.
08/08/08
...we can have not just good comic book movies, but amazing comic book movies.
08/03/08
Powerful acting, powerful action, huge IMAX sequences give this Batman a great big commanding feel. However, story is held hostage to action, especially in the second half.
07/28/08
Nolan gives in a bit to bloated-sequel syndrome ... but this is still one of the most riveting, trilling and wrenching movies of the year.
07/28/08
It could be the bleakest big-budget adventure since Blade Runner tanked on release near the dawn of the Reagan era.
07/27/08
... director Christopher Nolan's much-hyped, long awaited second entry in the Batman franchise is not only fabulous and the best film of the summer, it's possibly the best film of the year, a guaranteed mammoth hit.
07/26/08
"So here it is: The best superhero movie ever. The Dark Knight deftly accomplishes all one could hope for, and then it surpasses it, and then it continues to surprise. The movie isn't just a triumph, it is that rare pop-culture oddity: A masterpiece."
07/25/08
Be not fooled, this movie may circle D.A. Harvey Dent, and may toy with Wayne's weariness and loneliness, but this story belongs heart and soul to Ledger's Joker.
07/25/08
You will exit the cinema with an enhanced respect for Nolan's intelligence, for Wally Pfister's pin-sharp cinematography, and, sadly, for an acting talent tragically curtailed.
07/25/08
The plot is often impossible to follow. And the film, though dark, isn't as deep as some have claimed.
07/25/08
The first five-star blockbuster of the year has arrived, and in style.
07/25/08
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