Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) movie poster

Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

"The madness begins."
ThumbScore
👍 68%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 35%
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Director
Sam Liu
Runtime
1h 17m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.6/10 (1,916 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
35%

Cast

Kevin Conroy as Batman (voice) · 70% avg
Mark Hamill as The Joker (voice) · 75% avg
Tara Strong as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl (voice) · 71% avg
Ray Wise as Commissioner Gordon (voice) · 71% avg
John DiMaggio as Francesco (voice) · 73% avg
Robin Atkin Downes as Detective Bullock (voice) · 70% avg
Brian George as Alfred (voice) · 76% avg
JP Karliak as Reese (voice)

Is Batman: The Killing Joke good?

It's divisive. Only 68% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 35%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#522 / 661 · Animation
Rank in its year
#180 / 295 · 2016
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 16 · Sam Liu

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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'Batman: The Killing Joke' animated movie receives R rating
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Top comment: "Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, and an R rating? Take my money please."
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