the audience applauded

Lack of good storyline.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Mask Of The Phantasm is a direct spinoff from the 1990's animated television show and alike the show was extremely well recieved. Though set in modern day it has that 1940's look and feel that made the Tim Burton films so memorable.Here we have the caped crusader tackling the Joker, gangsters & a mysterious new vigilante. And you know how it works, vigilantes are only okay if its Batman if it's not then he has to take them down because reasons.Sadly I don't see the appeal, though I don't consider Mask Of The Phantasm to be bad I don't understand why so many hold it in such high esteem.Hamill & Conroy stand out as usual as outstanding voice actors, the animation is on point but the story simply did nothing to grab me.Passable stuff, but underwhelming for me.The Good:Mark HamillKevin ConroyThe Bad:Messy plotThings I Learnt From This Movie:Phantasm looks awesomePhantasm is incredibly incompetentIt's so sad that Hamill will never play a live action Joker

This screen adaptation of the Cape Crusader is far from good, let alone great. The screenplay is average at best. The direction has mediocrity written all over it. We have seen better stories of Batman than this overvalued piece. Despite being good on paper, the pace hardly picks up until the third act. The revelation of Phantasm, in the end, is not as shocking as it should be due to its tactless handling of the narrative. The predictability of the story is another off-putting thing about it.The portrayal of the Batman is gawky. He has been transformed into a desperate romantic guy from being the world's greatest detective, and that really feels offensive. While some people argue that it portrays the more human side of Batman. OK, well then how about making a romantic movie with James Bond and a family movie with Deadpool. Come on man! seriously... These guys are what they are cuz we love them doing what they do best. Not everyone can digest Indiana Jones into a family drama just because it shows his human side. Similarly, Batman is all about what he does. He is the greatest detective and tactician of the world. And he adores what he does, so do we. If not then what's the difference between Batman and other vigilantes? While It is an interesting character study, it surely isn't the best portrayal of Batman on screen.Voice cast is good. Mark Hamill is good as Joker. Andrea's character was ruined by a defective scripting. The character needed some more time to breath and hence feels one-dimensional.All in all, a strictly average affair...5 out of 10

This is an hour and 15 minute episode of batman the animated series with a little more punch than the t.v episodes,if you watched the show on t.v when you were a kid you remembered the hype.you saw the box at your local video rental store. I'm pretty sure I never watched this as a kid. if I did and forgot. or was not able to follow it because the story wasn't keeping my attention then really not much has changed of course I take note of more detail as an adult.this movie is not bad.but its not pined in my memory bank I cant really remember much to even give a really detailed review. I guess that's not good.but if your a fan of the franchise I say of course watch it. lets like it.its batman the animated series from the 90's.ok so the title the cover mask of the phantasm.great title great poster.but it looks like to me that the main villain in this movie is the joker who is not on the poster or in the title.the phantom guy who isn't a guy is this batman teams production version of a batman villain called the reaper.I cant remember anybody in this movie calling the main new character of this movie by any name you find out that its bruce waynes love interest that he tries to marry.I watched a batman episode in season 4 with a new character called the judge and I'm getting my memory confused with that and this movie because its similar. anyway its lie the title of this review if your a batman fan from the 90's show watch it so you can say that you've seen it.5 stars

I haven't seen Batman: Mask of the Phantasm as of late. I just hope they should add this Bat-tastic animated movie on Blu-Ray. I think this was the moment before Joel Schumacher just became a parody of himself by secret handedly lacked one Batman film that is less entertaining and the latter of which was a hot mess. I just really don't care about Batman Forever (decent, but nothing special) and its miserable pun(ish) franchise killer, Batman and Robin anymore.Mask of the Phantasm is basically what I truly loved the animated series. It is Very, Very dark story, toned-down humor and comedy, and most of all, The Clown Prince of Crime and The Phantasm (which I've never read or heard of in any of the 80's or 90's variations of Batman and/or Frank Miller's graphic novel "Batman: Year One"). And I just saying that in a comic nerd's standpoint is that the original cast from the show just nailed it and lend their voices into the big screen.It sucks that this film flopped at the box office despite Warner Bros. Was supposed to release the movie on home video but decided to hand it over to a (sorta) blockbuster movie, but that didn't work as planned and the film, as of today, still has legions of Bat-fans everywhere who didn't see the movie.It's a must-own movie. I probably wished it was a new episode of Batman: The Animated Series, but kudos to the people whoever made this movie. If it's on Netflix, then I probably watch it right this instant.