What’s wacky, woke and cast like an indie movie? Answer: this brilliant Batman reboot. Clearly, director and co-writer Matt Reeves trusts audiences to recognise that small (although not short - it’s three hours long) is beautiful.
Fawned-over and fabulously rich orphan Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) is addicted to dressing up in a leather cape and pointy-eared mask, so he can spend his evenings picking on street punks. He seems to relish the disgust his (bizarre, to be fair) costume arouses amongst Gotham’s political elite, but is oblivious to the real corruption in the city. His eyes are opened by a series of gruesome killings orchestrated by a shadowy word-puzzle fiend and whistleblower, The Riddler (Paul Dano).
