Batman & Me
Directed by Michael Wayne
Written by Documentary
Starring Darren Maxwell, Peter Sims
Release Date June 30th, 2020
Batman & Me is a meandering and mildly entertaining documentary about one man’s obsession with collecting. You might assume that the movie is about what drives someone to become obsessed with a particular brand of pop culture to an all-encompassing degree. The reality is sadly more mundane and mildly amusing. Though the documentary seems to promise a greater insight into the mind of collectors, what we ultimately get in Batman & Me is that sometimes people become obsessed and it’s only a notable aspect of their life.
Batman & Me is the story of Darren ‘Dags’ Maxwell, a filmmaker from Australia who grew up obsessed with Batman. After the release of the 1989 Batman movie starring Michael Keaton, Dags got into collecting Batmanmemorabilia to the point of obsession. It started innocently with a Batman board game that he opened and played with friends and grew into obsessively trying to get every piece of Batman memorabilia available.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
