Val Kilmer all the actors to have played Batman up to that point, he felt Kilmer had given the best interpretation. Film critic Leonard Maltin (who criticized the dark tone contained in "Batman Returns") complimented Kilmer's portrayal when he reviewed the film for his expanding collection of film reviews. Defenders of "Batman Forever" praised the film for portraying Batman as a more heroic, less ruthless, and more human character than in the Tim Burton films. The film also brought the film interpretation of Bruce Wayne more into line with his comic book counterpart, showing him as a socialite and a very public
Jack Kilmer Jack Kilmer Jack Kilmer (born June 6, 1995) is an American actor known for starring in the 2013 film "Palo Alto". Born to actor parents, American Val Kilmer and English Joanne Whalley, Kilmer grew up in Los Angeles and attended primary school at The Center for Early Education, where he first met would-be filmmaker Gia Coppola when he was in the first grade and she was in the sixth grade. They stayed in touch and, twelve years later, Coppola asked him to review her script for "Palo Alto", a film adaptation of James Franco's book of the same name which