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Batman & Robin

1997

Joel Schumacher

George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell ...

3.6

45,868

Fantasy. Action The experiments of Dr. Victor Fries (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to preserve his late wife cryogenically have gone horribly wrong, turning him into the evil genius Mr. Freeze, who must keep his body at sub-zero temperature in order to stay alive -- and he wants to put Gotham City on ice. Shy horticulturist Pamela Isley (Uma Thurman) goes a bit wild with a Venus Fly Trap-like creation she's been working on and mutates into Poison Ivy, who ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Batman & Robin', like the first three films in the series, is wonderful to look at, and has nothing authentic at its core (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Poison Ivy is perfect (...) What 'Batman and Robin' does deliver is outlandish visual mischief, and the more the merrier"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr New York Daily News	"[It] settles into a numbingly predictable rhythm of overproduced, incoherent action scenes followed by underdeveloped, insincere dramatic sequences (...) There's plenty to look at but nothing to feel."	NEG
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"This film somehow lacks snap or surprise, humor or real thrills. It's good-looking but oddly lugubrious and disconnected (...) The movie is like a game that's gone on too long"	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Batman loses a bit of altitude and velocity in this fourth installment (...) The newcomers don’t add much to the formula"	NEG
United Kingdom	Neil Jeffries Empire	"Is it fun? Well, yes it is. For the first half-hour it is (...) More is exactly what you get. Rather too much more, as both plot and audience attention span stretch to breaking point (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Joshua Yehl IGN	"A handful of action scenes are amazing (...) Unfortunately, the plot unspools into a pile of illogical decisions and unclear motivations, failing to follow up on the excellent first half."	NEU
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Overwhelmingly bland (...) This chapter -- so action-packed, yet so insufferably dull -- makes it clear that there's nowhere else to go."	NEG
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Schumacher piles on the action, but this is still the least satisfying entry in the series (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"'Batman & Robin' favors production design over character and story. It's all about giant sets and gaudy costumes, but the riot of neon and candy colors induces a pummeling visual overload."	NEG

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