Batman: The Animated Series
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1992 · Adventure / Animation / Drama / Mystery

Batman: The Animated Series

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

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RELEASE DATE
1992
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Adventure / Animation / Drama / Mystery
PLOT SUMMARY

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

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@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-22 08:00 UTC

If Batman: The Animated Series was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.

@POPCORN_CRITIC2025-12-11 17:00 UTC

Batman: The Animated Series confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".

@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-21 04:00 UTC

Batman: The Animated Series thinks "scary" means turning the lights off and slamming a kitchen drawer.

@RATIO_RAT2025-12-10 16:00 UTC

Batman: The Animated Series: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.

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Why is Batman: The Animated Series rated highly on Roasted Tomatoes?+

Batman: The Animated Series (1992) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 14/100. Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

What streaming era or audience vibe does Batman: The Animated Series fit best?+

Batman: The Animated Series works best as a classic vault title for re-roast nights for adventure fans. With a Burn Index of 14/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.

Is Batman: The Animated Series worth watching according to Roasted Tomatoes?+

Batman: The Animated Series scores 14/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.

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r/TrueFilm · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 0.4k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Batman: The Animated Series actually is?

Honestly, Batman: The Animated Series would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/boxoffice · u/ExpositionDump🔥 3.0k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Batman: The Animated Series?

Director clearly thought Batman: The Animated Series was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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r/TrueFilm · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.5k points

The cinematography in Batman: The Animated Series is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Just got out of Batman: The Animated Series and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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