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Batman & Robin

Play trailer Poster for Batman & Robin PG-13 Released Jun 20, 1997 2h 10m Action Adventure Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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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.

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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

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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 Dylan B This is not just a bad Batman film but a terrible superhero film it's just bad everything about it is bad I found Arnold to be the best part but that's it Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review BRENDEN J Batman & Robin was one of the worse Batman movies I have ever seen on screen. Plus, the movie made me laugh out loud because of bad the characters are the action and also the hummer as well. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review Tyler S Wow, I was pretty pleasantly surprised how much I did not care for this. Being the fourth Batman film from 1989-1997, I feel like there should've been a bit more story building. Sure, things definitely seemed messy, production wise, pretty early on, it was evident from the beginning that this film was not going to work. The stunt work was bad, the writing was lazy, the acting was mid at best, the story was average, and it culminated to be insanely dull and lifeless. Look at Robin. In the first one, he was pretty unlikeable to me. Then when we got to this movie, that liking never improved. I thought Clooney was ok as Bruce Wayne/Batman, but he really didn't feel any different than Kilmer and Keaton. I guess the best description for him as the Dark Knight is, decent, but nothing special. Felt like he was just the substitute teacher, if that makes sense. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/09/25 Full Review Mourning K Oh boy this movie stinks. The fights make me extremely sick because of how shakey they are. It seems that everyone that worked on this move treated it like a joke. Even George Clooney refunds everyone who saw this movie in theaters personally (if they tell him). You should have a barf bag on hand when watching this excuse for a film. Also don't get me started on how every five seconds mr freeze is on screen he makes these unfunny ice puns. Just don't watch this movie because it's not even a good bad movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Audience Member This injustice will NOT stand! Is Batman and robin a to tier movie? Hell, no! Is it one of the better Batman franchise movies? Not hardly. But is it deserving of 1 or even 1/2 stars? Hell, no! Admittedly George Clooney is probably the worst of all the Batmans, but that is not why I give this a 3 1/2 star rating. I give it for Arnold. The Schwarzenegger addition to this movie is what makes this movie worth watching. Arnold knows he is in a sub-par movie, but he gives Mr. Freeze an over-the-top rendition, comparable to Raul Julia as M. Bison in Street Fighter or Max von Sydow as Ming in Flash Gordon, both decidedly cheesy movies made all the better because the villain is so enjoyable. And, really! Is there all that much difference between this movie and the sixties Adam West Batman movie, both of which played the character for laughs? Sure the 60's Batman was intentionally funny, but it still didn't do much for the dark demeanor of the character. I will watch this one on occasion, whenever I need to lift my spirits simply because Arnold makes it fun to watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/02/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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)
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