The Batman film managed to get positive initial reviews from film critics on Rotten Tomatoes's aggregator website.
The official Rotten Tomatoes Instagram account uploaded this news on Wednesday (3/1). In the upload, the film directed by Matt Reeves managed to get a score of 91% from a total of 120 reviews.
This figure continues to change along with the number of reviews from critics. The Batman has earned 87% of the total 161 reviews.
If it consistently stays in high numbers, The Batman will follow in the footsteps of the success of the previous Batman film, The Dark Knight trilogy. The three films directed by Christopher Nolan managed to achieve high scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
His first film, Batman Begins (2005), managed to get a score of 84%. The Dark Knight, released two years later, managed to score up to 94%. Meanwhile, The Dark Knight Rises, which was the trilogy's closing, managed to get a score of up to 87% on the aggregator page.
Reported from Screen Rant, on Tuesday (3/1), many critics praised the taking of dark nuances in Batman, the acting, and the thrilling plot.
Meanwhile, several other reviews criticized the limited action available due to the PG-13 rating of this film.
The Batman will be Robert Pattinson's debut as Bruce Wayne. He replaced Ben Affleck, who decided to stop playing the character from the DC comic. Affleck also stepped down from the director's chair, replaced by Matt Reeves.
The Batman story will feature Bruce Wayne, who is in his second year as a criminal hunter in Gotham City. He will face off against The Riddler (Paul Dano) with the help of Jim Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) and Catwoman (Zoe Kravitz).