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Batman: Year One

2011Movie1 h 4 minPG-13

81

GreatGoodWatch score

81

GreatGoodWatch score

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Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.

Good for

Friends night
Teens
Binge-friendly

Where to watch

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Fingerprint

Pulls you in.
Feasts your eyes.
Puts you inside a crime.
Gets your pulse racing.
Takes you back.

Not for laughs, warmth or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 89Audiences 74GoodWatch 81
Tomatometer89%
Audience score79%
IMDb7.3
Letterboxd · 72 K ratings3.5/5
Running time
1 h 4 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −44 min on the typical 108
typical 10864
Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 13 countries, rent or buy in 73 more
+3
Released
2011
September 27, 2011
15 years ago
Genres
ActionAnimationCrimeDramaThriller
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchSpanish
Made in
United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, strong language, and nudity, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
ViolenceStrong
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesMild
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 24
Directing · 2
Lauren Montgomery Director, Producer
Sam Liu Director
Writing · 4
Tab Murphy Screenplay
Bob Kane Characters
Frank Miller Graphic Novel
David Mazzucchelli Graphic Novel
Production · 7
Bruce Timm Executive Producer
Sam Register Executive Producer
Michael Uslan Executive Producer
Benjamin Melniker Executive Producer
Mike Carlin Executive Producer
Alan Burnett Co-Producer
Editing · 2
Margaret Hou Editor
Christopher D. Lozinski Assistant Editor
Sound · 1
Christopher Drake Original Music Composer
Art · 2
Jay Oliva Storyboard Artist
Christopher Berkeley Storyboard Artist
Visual Effects · 1
Matthew Girardi Visual Effects

Tropes

Adaptation Personality Changein 566 titlesIn the comic, Lieutenant Branden is still an antagonist, but is a fascistic Rabid Cop who is used by the corrupt cops rather than directly aiding them (the closest he comes is smiling at Loeb blackma…Just Following Ordersin 392 titlesWhen Branden's S.W.A.T. team thinks it has Batman cornered, Loeb orders Gordon not to interfere.All 22 tropes

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