Rotten
The story is dense, overlong, and studded with references that will make sense only to those intimate with Nolan's previous excursions into Batmanhood.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
The Dark Knight Rises
The legend ends.
2012 · 2h 45m · PG-13
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Overview
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There was an opportunity here for Nolan to show us another way, to (again) stretch the boundaries of what is possible in a superhero film. Instead, alas, the latter half of The Dark Knight Rises retreats toward conventionality.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten
I'm not arguing that Rises should be Singin' in the Rain. But its Wagnerian ambitions are not matched by its material. It hasn't earned its darkness.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
The biggest surprise may just be how satisfying Nolan has made his farewell to a Dark Knight trilogy that many fans will wish he'd extend to a 10-part series, at least.
Bob Mondello, NPR
Rotten
Others will see it differently, but for me this is a disappointingly clunky and bombastic conclusion to a superior series -- Nolan's biggest and worst movie to date.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
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