Took my kids to see it yesterday. Every time I looked at my 7th grader, his mouth was wide open. Some of the stunts (all involving the Joker) we amazing. Heath was one of the best roles I have ever seen portrayed. But don’t discount Bale. They proved to be one of the best on screen Hero/Villain roles EVER. We loved it. Now for the not so positives. I made the mistake of purposefully not asking others their opinion and based my decision to allow my younger child see it on reviews and the rating. DO NOT TAKE YOUNGER CHILDREN. The Joker is one bad dude and his scenes are demented and creepy and awesome and funny, all of which scared the you know what out of my daughter. She closed her eyes almost the whole time he was on screen. GO SEE THIS MOVIES. You are crazy to let it pass thru the theater without seeing it.
As others have mentioned, it dragged just a bit in the beginning. The entire middle of the movie had me in stitches. Poehler and Fey are so great together, they should do more. I wish Amy would have stayed with her Philly accent. Sounded exactly like my bro-in-law Tino. The birthing classes made me wet my pants a little. The audience I watched it with did not find the speech impediment as funny as my sister and bestie, but when she whipped out the olive oil, I almost feel out of my seat. Love Steve Martin, WHAT A FREAK. And the dude from 40-year old, great addition to the cast. Good for the SNL girls. Love them on weekend update together and love them even more in a slap-stick, predictable, coming-of-age, romantic comedy.