“The Dark Knight” — Casts Shadows of Doubt — 3 popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic
It is dark, indeed. And complicated through the first act when director Christopher Nolan dabs in blacks and grays the gloomy exposition for his Batman reprise. It’s Gotham, yet might as well be postwar Vienna on paranoia-inducing hallucinogens. But great irony is at work here. And it saves “The Dark Knight” from its overindulgences.   

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