'
Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Batman & Robin

Play trailer Poster for Batman & Robin PG-13 Released Jun 20, 1997 2h 10m Action Adventure Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
11% Tomatometer 95 Reviews 16% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
This superhero adventure finds Batman (George Clooney) and his partner, Robin (Chris O'Donnell), attempting to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who wants to make Gotham into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman), a plant-loving femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contends with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone), joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.
Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

Where to Watch

Batman & Robin

Batman & Robin

What to Know

Critics Consensus

Joel Schumacher's tongue-in-cheek attitude hits an unbearable limit in Batman & Robin resulting in a frantic and mindless movie that's too jokey to care much for.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View All (95) Critics Reviews
Peter Bradshaw Guardian An amiable, almost farcical Batman episode, with George in Nespresso mode. Rated: 3/5 May 17, 2019 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire Schumacher is like a bad stepdad who thinks we'll love him if he just feeds us candy all day. (Yes, Burton is the daddy in this metaphor - the manic-depressive, annoyingly emo daddy.) Jun 18, 2017 Full Review Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal Of all modern Batmans, George Clooney bears the closest physical resemblance to the comic-book hero, but there isn't much to say about his performance because there isn't much performance to discuss. Jun 18, 2014 Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast It's not good, but it's not the total disaster its legacy would suggest. As an ode to the Silver Age of the Caped Crusader, it gets a lot of things right, but the pacing grinds to a halt any time one of our heroes is on screen. Thank god for Uma Thurman. Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 12, 2022 Full Review Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast There's pleasure to be found in how campy Joel Schumacher's second Batman outing is (puns!), but everyone except Thurman and Schwarzenegger are phoning their performances in. Too long and too focused on toy sales, this is excess, but not the good kind. Rated: 2/5 Dec 7, 2022 Full Review James Croot The Post NZ Batman & Robin really feels as if director Joel Schumacher was painting by numbers. Rated: 2/5 Jan 12, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (1000+) audience reviews
Bakercakes It pains me to write this, as I’ve been a Batman fan since I could first remember, but this movie is borderline unwatchable. Everything from the script, to the way it’s shot/edited, leaves one wondering what the Hell everybody involved with it was thinking, as it was being made. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/26/23 Full Review Steve W Don't watch unless you want to jump out of a window just so you can stop watching this crap! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/01/25 Full Review Michael D L A horribly done sequel with no atmosphere and bad effects not done well at all even though Alfred was Awesome Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/27/25 Full Review Matt O “A cheesy disaster with terrible suits and cringe-worthy villains” – 1/5 Batman & Robin is pretty much infamous for all the wrong reasons, and honestly, it lives up to the hype—but in the worst way. The costumes are laughably bad (one thing in particular) and Bane is just… awful. The villains don’t scare or excite; they mostly just make you shake your head. Uma Thurman to me is really the only bright spot in this mess, and maybe Arnold occasionally, but they can’t save a movie that feels like it forgot what made Batman cool in the first place. Over-the-top campy, goofy, and just plain bad, this one’s a hard pass. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/22/25 Full Review Lennox B A really funny comedy not a batman movie this movie is hard to watch. Really good comedy parody about batman maybe like Mel Brooks batman but it's not good movie at all. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/14/25 Full Review Tyler B 2 Stars for quality but I love this movie.. first ever movie I ever watched at the theater I was 4 and in love with Batman that summer. I'll always love it for that. Clooney was an awful Batman but decent Bruce, albeit his POV was out of wack. Thurman was bad as Ivy, but Arnold's great as Freeze. Joel should be forgiven, he wasn't awful like all the nerds think. He was just doing his job, he loved Batman and wanted to do darker work, just couldn't. RIP boss, thanks for the memories. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/11/25 Full Review Read all reviews
Batman & Robin

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW
Batman Forever 39% 33% Batman Forever Watchlist Batman Returns 82% 73% Batman Returns Watchlist TRAILER for Batman Returns Batman 76% 84% Batman Watchlist Steel 8% 19% Steel Watchlist The Dark Knight 94% 94% The Dark Knight Watchlist TRAILER for The Dark Knight Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis This superhero adventure finds Batman (George Clooney) and his partner, Robin (Chris O'Donnell), attempting to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who wants to make Gotham into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman), a plant-loving femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contends with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone), joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.
Director
Joel Schumacher
Producer
Peter Macgregor-Scott
Screenwriter
Akiva Goldsman, Bob Kane
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Strong Stylized Action|Some Innuendo)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 20, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 31, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$107.3M
Runtime
2h 10m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
Most Popular at Home Now