September 9, 1992
Batman Returns (1992) ***
Daniel ("Heathers") Waters' screenplay lacks the author's usual wit, self-mockery, cruel irony and hilarious one-liners, but Tim Burton's direction helps create a fairy-tale universe, where reality is distorted beyond recognition. Michelle Pfeiffer is superb as kinky, whip-cracking Catwoman, but Danny DeVito's performance as Penguin is one-dimensional.