![]() He has the best lines of the film, the enunciation and tone exaggerated to the limit. His face is like silly putty, the expressions stretched to the max and changing constantly from glee to insanity and back again. His clothing evolves from the old school suit to a raving Ziggy Stardust impression complete with tight bodysuit and spiked red hair. Carrey becomes the star of the film, a master at his peak who can make even Batman himself take a backseat to what he’s doing.Ĭarrey plays the Riddler as a cartoon, just as he did in The Mask, with every frenzied move and thrust of the hips. It’s hard to know where the character ends and the actor begins. By allowing this, the Riddler splits in two, the comic version and Carrey’s hyper comedy, coming back to meld into something familiar yet completely original. He let Carrey loose with free rein to go over the edge and make the character his own. It’s harder to do that with The Riddler and Schumacher seemed to know it. Nicholson was superb as the Joker, but there was always just that tiny bit of holding back, of keeping him sinister without becoming unrealistic. One wonders how Tim Burton would have handled the character. He is a theatrical gimmick with his speaking in sinister riddles, and his dress of green suit, green bowler hat, mask, and a cane shaped like a question mark are the epitome of comic book villainy. Edward Nygma has the maniacal personality of the Joker, but somehow cranked up even higher. ![]() If camp was what they were going for, the Riddler is the perfect villain for that. One of the few things that Schumacher for sure got right was the portrayal of the Riddler.
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