Batman Forever (1995)
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Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher, the third Batman film following Tim Burton's two entries. Val Kilmer takes over the cape and cowl as Bruce Wayne/Batman, who faces two villains simultaneously: Two-Face, a scarred former district attorney played by Tommy Lee Jones, and the Riddler, a rejected Wayne Enterprises employee played by Jim Carrey, who team up to destroy Batman and drain Gotham's brainpower. The film introduced Chris O'Donnell as Dick Grayson/Robin and Nicole Kidman as psychologist Dr.
Chase Meridian. Joel Schumacher deliberately shifted the franchise's tone from Burton's gothic darkness toward a more colorful, commercially accessible approach — the production design was dominated by neon, the villains were cartoonishly exaggerated, and the overall aesthetic anticipated the comic book films of the following decade. Jim Carrey's manic Riddler dominated every scene with the physical comedy energy of his 1994 peak.





