Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

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"While the script and pedigree of actors are commendable, the craft level is too close to the small-screen offering to get audiences into theaters. - Leonard Klady, Variety The actor's voices may suit animated television characters, but on a large screen Kevin Conroy's Batman, Mark Hamill's Joker, and Dana Delany's Andrea sound flat and one-dimensional. - Stephen Holden, New York Times"

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"Based on the critically lauded TV show 'Batman: The Animated Series', 'Mask of the Phantasm' is one of the best Batman films, animated or not. A Batman love story no less, 'Mask of the Phantasm' is filled with the incisive psychological content and strong, uncompromising storytelling that made the series so great. Despite it focusing on Bruce Wayne's inevitably doomed love life, 'Mask of the Phantasm' never once threatens to become sentimental and uses the dark, tainted romance to generate ple"