Peter Travers of '' Rolling Stone '' said " '' Batman Forever '' still gets in its licks . There 's no fun machine this summer that packs more surprises . " Travers criticized the film 's excessive commercialism and felt that " the script misses the pain Tim Burton caught in a man tormented by the long-ago murder of his parents " seeing the Bruce Wayne of Kilmer as " inexpressive " . Brian Lowry of '' Variety '' believed " One does have to question the logic behind adding nipples to the hard-rubber batsuit . Whose idea was that supposed to be anyway , Alfred 's ? Some of the computer-generated Gotham cityscapes appear too obviously fake . Elliot Goldenthal 's score , while serviceable , also is n't as stirring as Danny Elfman 's work in the first two films . " James Berardinelli of '' ReelViews '' enjoyed the film . " It 's lighter , brighter , funnier , faster-paced , and a whole lot more colorful than before . " Scott Beatty felt " Tommy Lee Jones played Harvey Dent as a Joker knock-off rather than a multi-layered rogue . " Gene Siskel of the '' Chicago Tribune '' and Roger Ebert of the '' Chicago Sun-Times '' both gave the film mixed reviews , but with the former giving it a thumbs up and the latter a thumbs down . In his written review , Ebert wrote : " Is the movie better entertainment ? Well , it 's great bubblegum for the eyes . Younger children will be able to process it more easily ; some kids were led bawling from '' Batman Returns '' where the PG-13 rating was a joke . " Mick LaSalle of the '' San Francisco Chronicle '' had a mixed reaction , concluding " a shot of Kilmer 's rubber buns at one point is guaranteed to bring squeals from the audience . " At the 68th Academy Awards , '' Batman Forever '' was nominated for Cinematography ( lost to '' Braveheart '' ) , Sound Mixing ( Donald O. Mitchell , Frank A. Montaño , Michael Herbick and Petur Hliddal ; lost to '' Apollo 13 '' ) and Sound Editing ( John Leveque and Bruce Stambler ) ( also lost to '' Braveheart '' ) . " Hold Me , Thrill Me , Kiss Me , Kill Me " by U2 was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ( lost to " Colors of the Wind " from '' Pocahontas '' ) , but was also nominated for the Worst Original Song Golden Raspberry Award ( lost to " Walk Into the Wind " from '' Showgirls '' ) . At the Saturn Awards , the film was nominated for Best Fantasy Film ( lost to '' Babe '' ) , Make-up ( lost to '' Seven '' ) , Special Effects ( lost to '' Jumanji '' ) and Costume Design ( lost to '' 12 Monkeys '' ) . Composer Elliot Goldenthal was given a Grammy Award nomination . '' Batman Forever '' received six nominations at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards , four of which were divided between two categories ( Carrey and Lee Jones for Best Villain ; and Seal 's " Kiss from a Rose " and U2 's " Hold Me " in Best Song from a Movie ) . However , it won in just one category — Best Song from a Movie for Seal 's " Kiss from a Rose "
68th Academy Awards
68th Academy Awards
Batman Forever