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The Batmanis darker than ever.
David Rooney fromThe Hollywood Reportersaid Pattinson, 35, has a “magnetic intensity” and is “riveting throughout” the movie.
Alex Stedman wrote in herIGN reviewthat Pattinson’s performance is “crushingly painful,” but costars Zoë Kravitz and Paul Dano stood out even more as Catwoman and the Riddler, respectively.
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“Kravitz’s layered portrayal of the cat-burglar clawed past even my high expectations. She’s got all the slinkiness and slyness you could hope for, but, like Pattinson’s Bruce, she’s also incredibly vulnerable, while selling an insatiable need for revenge,” Stedman wrote. “Pattinson may be the one screaming ‘I am vengeance!’ but it’s Kravitz who simmers with a need for payback. Plus, the two actors' chemistry is undeniable. Whether they’re trading fists or information, it’s all very hot.”
She added, “As for Dano, his Riddler is easily the best live-actionBatmanvillain since Heath Ledger’s Joker.”
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A.V. Club’s A.A. Dowd said Kravitz, 33, “brings an uncommon emotional realism to Catwoman,” and that Colin Farrell is “unrecognizable under mounds” of prosthetics and makeup as Penguin, “mostly a hoot” in the role.
Beyond the Trailer’s Grace Randolph said inher reviewthatThe Batmanis “not a perfect movie, but it’s darn close.” She added, “It’s so close. I would argue that it’s the bestBatmanmovie to date, with Robert Pattinson in a role he was born to play.”
The Batmanis in theaters this Friday.
source: people.com
