Synopsis
Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
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Cast
- George ClooneyBruce Wayne / Batman
- Chris O'DonnellDick Grayson / Robin
- Uma ThurmanDr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerDr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
- Alicia SilverstoneBarbara Wilson / Batgirl
- Michael GoughAlfred Pennyworth
- Pat HingleCommissioner James Gordon
- John GloverDr. Jason Woodrue
- Elle MacphersonJulie Madison
- Vivica A. FoxMs. B. Haven
Recommendations
- 70
The New York Times
Joel Schumacher, director and ringmaster, piles on the flashy showmanship and keeps the film as big, bold, noisy and mindlessly overwhelming as possible. - 60
Salon
There's something almost maniacally heroic about packaging the fourth sequel of a superhero action series without resorting to the old standbys of good writing, capable acting or inspired directing. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Batman & Robin, like the first three films in the series, is wonderful to look at, and has nothing authentic at its core. - 50
ReelViews
This film, which places yet another actor in the batsuit, has all the necessary hallmarks of a sorry sequel -- pointless, plodding plotting; asinine action; clueless, comatose characterization; and dumb dialogue. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
It's the lightest of the Batman movies, the most cartoony, the dumbest and the least ambitious. But it holds the audience's attention, brings on a few laughs and never really gets boring. - 40
L.A. Weekly
There's so much happening in the movie that it feels like nothing is happening at all. Which leaves you free to gaze, slack-jawed, on the true glory of Batman & Robin -- its fabulously color-coded set design. - 25
San Francisco Examiner
Clooney's stiff cornball delivery and tendency to smile during the most tragic moments bring this as close to the cartoonish Batman television series of the 1960s as any of the movies have come. - 20
Austin Chronicle
Batman & Robin fails to engage the spirit of Batman, Robin, or decent marketing in general, and instead ends up as a limp, excruciatingly shallow knockoff that leaves viewers cringing at the unavoidable one-liners that make up the better part of the script.
