Batman & Robin

Pros: absolutely none
Cons: bad acting, worse directing, horrible action, terrible dialogue, pathetic storyline, misuse of colors

It was such an exciting moment to me when I heard that a 4th installment of the Batman franchise was going to be coming out. Stuck without a car, and without someone who wanted to see it with me, I walked to the theaters to see this one (3 miles). What ...

Pros: George Clooney COULD make a better Batman than either Keaton or Kilmer...some setsjus
Cons: Robin, the Villains, the SCRIPT, the Direction....

One of the first episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series" in 1992 was "Heart of Ice." It took Mr. Freeze and gave him an origin story--what had formerly been a B-Grade villain was elevated into Batman's Elite of Rogues.

A Nobel...

Pros: Good cast. It is Batman.
Cons: Bad acting. O'Donnell was annoying. Stupid and corny plot.

When Batman & Robin came out in 1997, the only other Batman movie that I had seen then was B atman Forever. I had enjoyed that movie, not finding out until years later how much had been changed to ...

Pros: The end of the Joel Schumacher era on Batman
Cons: Everything

“How to Destroy a Super Hero Franchise in These Easy Steps” was the subliminal message hidden in the 1997 film Batman & Robin by director Joel Schumacher and the executives at Warner Bros. Actually, it wasn’t subliminal at all. ...

Pros: Some of the kitschy sets and costumes are kind of fun.
Cons: No wit, no style, no atmosphere, no acting.

Things have settled back into routine here at Chateau Maine. The floral tributes have been tastefully arranged, Patrick, the cat, has eaten only a few of the less poisonous varieties - he uses plants as self medication for his bulemia but I don't think...

Pros: The play a Smashing Pumpkins song at the end of the film :)
Cons: Bad direction, bad acting, over the top cinematography

It used to be that studios would make movies in trilogies. Many of the great movies... Star Wars, Back to the Future, are made in three parts. Lately with Aliens 4 and Batman and Robin (part 4) this trend is starting to break. It used to be that only bad...

Pros: It ends.
Cons: Everything.

Of all the different lists of bad movies that I've seen on the internet, Batman & Robin is the one that has ended up as the #1 stinker of all time the most. And for good reason. This film singlehandedly flushed the once lucrative Batman ...

Pros: What the F*ck do you Think?
Cons: Awful Directing/Script, Acting, Look, Set, Music, Soundtrack, Every F*cking Thing.

When Tim Burton was selected to do a big-screen version of the Caped Crusader Batman back in 1989, he did his job in creating two successful features with the first one with Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton as Batman. 1992's Batman ...

Pros: The special effects and city shots are great.
Cons: The acting does not cut it, and the story sucks.

Main Essay: I watched it on Time Warner Cable over a Saturday night, probably out of boredom. By the time the movie was in its halfway stages, I was pacing around my room, going nervously to the fridge to get some water, and switching the channel twice. ...

Pros: It's fun!
Cons: The cold puns

The year it came out, Batman and Robin was actually a nominee for Best Picture at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. If you’ve ever bragged about how smart your tyke is, I hope the kid didn’t vote. Anyway, the award that year was won ...

Pros: A few semi-interesting parts
Cons: Tries to hard,Some lame acting and dialogue

Man, how old was I back in '97 when this movie was released? Let's see,1989-2005-1997....7 years old. I don't really remember what movies came out when I was seven years old or what ones were my favorite or any similar information but I was a seven year ...

Pros: decent Poison Ivy plot, strong DVD offerings
Cons: literally marketed to death

The fourth of the 90’s Batman movies is Batman & Robin, by far my least favorite of the series. Oddly watching it on DVD again after all these years it wasn’t as bad as I remembered it, probably because I knew what to expect this time, but it still ...

Pros: George Clooney, subplots with Alfred, look, Mr. Freeze
Cons: Too many villains, too much camp, lost focus

I would imagine that most people will read my review so as to see why in the world an advisor would rate the universally panned "Batman and Robin" with four stars. In actuality, I have trouble taking that risk myself. All I can say in my...

Pros: Mildly entertaining
Cons: Clooney is awful, not as good as previous films

Written by Bob Kane and Akiva Goldsman, and directed by Joel Schumacher Batman and Robin is the fourth, and last, adaptation of the comic book hero produced by the Warner Brothers that was released back in June 1997. This is a review of the film only. ...

Pros: Painfully bad movie that works on a midnight mass level
Cons: Director, script, cast, disrespect to Batman

I don't know whose to blame so where to begin. Could it be director Joel Schumacher, the man who promised that he was going to make Batman as over the top as possible when he took over the sequel for Batman by directing the loathsome Batman Forever and ...

Pros: Good family fun
Cons: Drags at times

Batman and Robin is the fourth installment in the popular movie adventures of the Caped Crusader, and though not my favorite in the series, it is still a film I enjoy watching from time to time. Today my son wanted to see it, so we did together. The tone...

Pros: Colorful, lots of action; kids under 10 may enjoy it.
Cons: Watching this movie may lower your IQ.

If there were ever a comic book-based film worthy of a bad review (besides Marvel's Captain America.. but we're talking more than a 20 dollar budget here), it's Batman & Robin. I remember the movie getting a lot of hype, trying to stir up some...

Pros: A few moments show promise.
Cons: How much time do you have?

Directed By Joel Schumacher. Written By Akiva Goldsman. George Clooney (Bruce Wayne/Batman) Chris O'Donnell (Dick Grayson/Robin) Alicia Silverstone (Barbara Wilson/ Batgirl) Arnold Schwarzengger ...

Pros: ................Special Effects?.........
Cons: Acting, script, direction, what more do I need to say?

I see very few movies that truly deserve this rating. Most directors are skilled enough to prevent it from at least sinking into the utter abyss. This movie is an exception to that rule. It truly is one of the worst films I've ever seen. What a ...

Pros: It ended.
Cons: Terrible story. Awful acting. Inclusion of Poison Ivy and Batgirl.

At the very least, director Joel Schumacher was successful in at least one way with "Batman & Robin"......he pulled the plug on the Bat-franchise that went comatose with his prior film, "Batman Forever". Being about comic book superheroes, the Batman...

Pros: Beautiful sets; George Clooney is agreeable enough as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Cons: Everything else. Akiva Goldsman's script is laughable, and most of the performances will cause indigestion.

It's always painful to witness the degradation of someone you dearly love--to watch, helpless, as a once strong family member succumbs to illness or the ravages of old age. Gradually the strength and personality traits that you remember so fondly...

Pros: good storyline; screenplay had potential; Schwarzennegger played an excellent villain
Cons: campy dialogue with cheesy one-liners; some action scenes were more comical than serious

I have a special place in my heart for "superhero" movies. I really enjoyed the Superman series and the recent comic book adaptation of X-Men. I also am looking forward to the upcoming Spiderman film. In any event, Batman has always been my favorite...

Pros: Uma Thurman and Arnold Schwartzenegger
Cons: the rest of the movie, if you want to call it that

I don't know what director Joel Schumacher was thinking when he started doing this film, I know what he's probably thinking now though, "what was I thinking?" First off, George Clooney is the worst choice anyone could have ever made to play...

Pros: Uma and Alicia chewed the scenery with panache.
Cons: Robin is a whiny little punk.

From the very first scene of this fourth Bat-incarnation it is plain that we have a new Batman and a new tone for the movies. It starts with the beautiful and impressive showing of the opening credits (I don't care how much Ah-nuld made, GEORGE should've...

Pros: It's Batman
Cons: Goofy Story

I personally liked this movie, but, I am a Batman fan. I can definitely see how others would not. The story line is a bit goofy, and the bad guys are not that good. I like Arnold Swartza-however-you-spell-it, but this was not one of his best...

Pros: Ummm...only the fact that it is Batman
Cons: The fact that they can make a Batman movie this bad...

First of all, I really despise George Clooney. He is a typical TV Actor that should have stuck with his little TV Show and stayed away from movies, because he can't act to save his life. That isn't too harsh, is it?

My next complaint is...

Pros: Visual and Audio brightness and crisp sound
Cons: they had to have dialogue

Review -Why Did They Open Their Mouths?

It wasn't even released back in the summer of 1997 when word leaked that the movie flat out stunk. It was too over-the-top and way too cartoon-like. So I didn't even bother to see the film. I badly...

Pros: Are You Kidding
Cons: Everything, Including the sleeve it comes in

Let me say this loud and proud: I DIDN'T LIKE BATMAN FOREVER AND AS GOD AS MY WITNESS I FELT ASSAULTED AFTER SEEING THIS MOVIE. There now that I've gotten that out I will begin further dissing Joel Schumacher. Let me be clear, he did good in Falling...

Pros: None
Cons: The fact that money was spent on the making of it.

I love Batman, I love the dark, gothic style of Burton's Batman, but I hate Joel Shumacher's light, campy Batman. The script was probably thought up and written in a week. This movie simply doesn't do Batman justice.

The story is about Mr....

Pros: Nobody died during the making of the film, got Joel Schumacher thrown off the series
Cons: Bad production design, ridiculous logic, bad characters, too many stories, poor acting in some parts.

My friend Paul and I were watching an interview with Joel Schumacher on the subject of Batman. He said something like, "Well, I really think that in these modern times with psychiatrists and therapy, Batman would be over his parents' death. So we...

Pros: Um...Alicia Silverstone, maybe?
Cons: Just about everything else

I only saw Batman and Robin because my cable company upgraded their system and left all the movie channels turned on for a brief while. In retrospect, I would have been better off strapping kaleidoscopes to my eyes and going bungee-jumping--it would...

Pros: Uma Thurman...
Cons: Joel Schumacher, George Clooney...

1997...130 minutes in color... Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, John Glover, Elle MacPhearson, Vivica A. Fox, Vendela K....

Pros: The visuals
Cons: Inane dialog, overblown action sequences, and incoherent and derivative storytelling

Batman & Robin sets a good example of how a once successful film franchise can be run straight into the ground. For starters, the movie is awfully derivative from its predecessors. It takes a few lines of dialog (i.e. "I'm Batman!",...

Pros: cool scenery
Cons: the actors

It took 'em three sequels, but they finally accomplished it: A $100 million Batman movie that's as cheesy as the old TV series. Audiences have supposedly been begging for a lighter tone in these movies (though you wouldn't guess it from the grosses). But...

Pros: You can pull the tape out and wrap presents with it
Cons: What if someone tries to actually watch the movie?

If you think you're missing out and haven't seen an awful movie, fret no more! Batman and Robin can satisfy all the needs of anyone who is tired of watching good movies.

All I can say about this movie is "Bad." And I don't mean Bad...

Pros: A decent variety of actors.
Cons: Completely unrealistic, unoriginal, and un-sequel-worthy!

Godawful till the end! Everything about it was so unrealistic and stupid-minded. Whoever wrote the script must have done it in one single night! I liked most of the actors in it, especially George Clooney, but Schumacher Joel did a horrible job...

Pros: Some good set design
Cons: Horrible writing, atrocious acting

I'm as big a fan of the Batman franchise as any, but I think it's time for a mercy killing. Batman & Robin is easily the worst of the four recent Batman films. It's about on the level of the 1966 Batman movie; and that's no compliment. The '60s...

Pros: action
Cons: too much talking

More hi-tech is about one of the few things that changed in this sequel. Of course, they threw in a few big named actors like Arnold, Uma, and Alicia, as well as Batman and Robin.

The story takes a turn when they have a new Bat in the lair,...

Pros: The scenes with Bruce Wayne were written fairly well, and Clooney looked the part of Bruce Wayne.
Cons: Um...the rest of the movie.

Batman & Robin starts out GREAT! It looks brilliant, and the musical score is great! "This could be one of the best action films in years!" I say to myself as I watch this movie, then the title scene ends.
Okay, after the opening...

Pros: Basically, none.
Cons: Everything else.

If you liked this movie, something has GOT to be wrong with you.

I don't mean that pejoratively, it was just that bad.

If you enjoy Arnold Schwarzenegger spouting 2nd grade puns like "Chill!" or "Cool party!"...

Pros: you can always stop the VCR
Cons: the first 5 minutes will probably scar you for life

Joel Schumacher has directed a couple of decent films before, "Falling Down" is one of my favorites, and 8mm was Ok, but even could talk George Lucas into killing off "Jar Jar Binks" he should still be punished for this movie. I...

Pros: none
Cons: everything

I loved the first two, liked the third, but this one killed Batman. Yes Batman is now dead. RIP Batman and take Robin and the rest of this insult of a movie with you. I am normally open to bad movies. My roommate can actually get me to laugh at Biodome...

Pros: Makes a good parody
Cons: Everything

This movie was deep and complex only in that it was horrible on so many different levels. I could go on talking about it for hours but Ill try to be brief.
First, the scenery sucked. It looked like it should have eben the background for a highschool...

Pros: Impressive effects and production design.
Cons: Joel Schumacher's inexplicably campy execution of Akiva Goldsman's already-horrid script.

Holy Bat-astrophe! The Batman film franchise as we know it is dead, thanks to Batman & Robin, director Joel Schumacher and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman's campy and most disrespectfully lighthearted reinterpretation of Bob Kane's Dark...

Pros: better than the first three Batman movies
Cons: because of the fantasy violence parents should watch this movie with their children

After I had seen the first three movies, I couldn't wait to get the fourth one. The movie is awesome. The special effects is incredible. while watching it, I knew that I wouldn't be disappointed. The story content was the best especially towards the...

Pros: it has batman
Cons: made me no longer like batman

batman and robin is withouty a doubt, one of the worst movies i have ever seen. yup, right up there with magnolia. hhhmmmmm...where should i begin the shredding apart of this awful, cheesy piece of crap?

well, lets start with the scenery....

Pros: There is nothing good about this film.
Cons: The plot, the acting, the music and everything else.

There is nothing good about this truly vile film. The first two Batman films were both directed by Tim Burton and were both simply stunning. Both films had a very powerful soundtrack by Danny Elfman, an amazingly gothic set design and brilliant acting ...

Pros: Uh... hmmm... I guess Arnie... Nope. Not even him.
Cons: In fifteen words?

It's not enough to say that this film is bad. To really understand just how bad it really is, you've also gotta know something about the franchise and how much they screwed it up. You also gotta notice that after this icy turd, they put the franchise on ...

Pros: set maybe
Cons: plot, script, acting, script, action sequences, casting, costumes, script

Normally, when I walk into a theatre with low expectations for some movie, this gives the movie an advantage since I've basically lowered the bar for it. I held low expectations for Jurassic Park, but ended up being surprisingly entertained.

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Pros: None
Cons: Everything

Batman & Robin was hyped up to be the greatest Batman movie there was. But, like most of the time with hype, it doesn't even come close to earning it.

First of all this movie was so cartoony it was almost painful to watch. Batman: The...

Pros: Great fun & Design. Funny & about as good as the original.
Cons: Doesn't excel the original. Small errors in script.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 (Very Good)


Summary:Basically it is a modern version of the 60's original Batman movie. Except with some vulgarities & the villians are just Mr.
Freeze & Poison Ivy this time.

Forget all the negative...

Pros: This could've been a good movie.
Cons: But it sucks big time.

OK, so we've gone through three Batman movies before this; Two of them super-cool, the third lacking. . .

. . . And now, Joel Schumacher completes the cycle of destruction by obliterating the greater mass of Michael Keaton's work in the film...

Pros: uhh...Elle McPherson is in it, and she's hot.
Cons: WAY TOO MANY TO LIST

Why in the name of all that is holy would they make this movie? How could you possibly read this pathetic, lifeless "script" and think "hey, this is gonna be great?" For some reason they got Ah-nold to play Mr. Freeze and hid him...

Pros: Attractive hero, attractive visual effects
Cons: Everything else

Yes, George Clooney, the "Bat" franchise is dead. However, you could have done nothing to save it.
To say that this movie was a disappointment is like saying that contracting the Ebola virus is a minor health annoyance. My God, I'm only left with...

Pros: The Cast
Cons: Script, Joel Schumacher

I would first like to personally thank Joel Schumacher for ruining the entire Batman movie franchise and I'll add Akiva Goldsman to the list for writing the damn movie.

This movie is terrible, why did they have to do this to one of the...

Pros: A great movie for the whole family.
Cons: Another batman movie.

George Clooney is Batman. Chris O'Donnell is Robin. Arnold Schwarzenegger is Mr. Freeze. Alicia Silverstone is Batgirl. Uma Thurman is Poison Ivy. With five all time greatest characters and five all time greatest actors you can't go wrong. Especially in...

Pros: Uma Thurman is pretty hot ,I mean good in this movie
Cons: Everything

This movie has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The only reason I happened to see it is because I had nothing to do and it was on television. This movie is completely messed up.

George Clooney looks like he's about to crack up...

Pros: nothing
Cons: everything

What the hell did Batman do? This is a god awful movie…and its very campy. I paid 6 dollars to go see this movie. Only to die of laughter in the theater (and believe me…its so stupid). There are a few things wrong in this movie…ONE….Where the hell did...

Pros: It sucked so bad it's nixed the chance of there being any more.
Cons: It sucked so bad it's nixed the chance of there being any more.

Why have I gone to the movies four times to watch one of my favorite comic book heroes be butchered by some lame director who obviously only got hired because he could spell Batman 4 out of 5 times correctly. I can say in defense of myself, I went this...

Pros: Well, the sets and cost--oh, who am I kidding? It's an atrocity!
Cons: How much time have you got?

Joel, Joel, Joel.
What could you possibly have been thinking? Why would you make this utterly useless pile of whale feces that you choose to call a movie? What in god's name possessed you to unleash this abomination upon the unsuspecting world?...

Pros: the costume for Freeze was cool; Ivy was a good character
Cons: lost story-line; poor plot; bad puns and jokes

Batman and Robin was the absolute worst Batman movie I have ever seen! The story-line was lost in the effort to show off George Clooney. I like George Clooney, I love ER and I have enjoyed most of his other movies, but he's not Batman! It looked as if he...

Pros: Because it is now on video, you can shut it off whenever you want to and destroy the video/DVD
Cons: Everything - this is one of the worst movies ever

The Batman movie franchise started out so strongly in 1989 with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholoson. It was dark. It was exciting. I actually cared.
Batman Returns with Danny Devito was a bit weaker, but it still had the same eerie, dark mood as...

Pros: The film itself.
Cons: Umas gluteal folds

I went the to movies and saw this film. Of course, Batman Forever was fun, but this sequel has to be the worst movie ever made. Let’s see: Mr. Freeze wants to freeze Gotham. Poison Ivy wants to smooch guys in rubber suits and Batgirl should’ve went...

Pros: New and improved vehicles, more action
Cons: Arnold's cheesy dialogue

Okay, here is my opinion on the fourth of the Batman movies. First of all, George Clooney did brilliant in his portrayal of Batman. I just wanted to say that and get that out of the way. Okay, seriously now, this Batman movie introduced a lot of new ...

Pros: none
Cons: everything

This movie is bad, bad, bad and some more bad. I'm sorry but Freeze is suposed to be anorexic. The whole film is far too colorful for a batman movie. I miss the days of Burton where everything was in grays and blacks. None of this excessive color and...

Pros: Action, adventure
Cons: no character development/ predictable

When this movie first came out I thought it was popular. This was because most of my friends thought I would want to see it. I was not very interested when i found out the cast though. I was hoping Michael Keaton or Val Kilmer had played Batman...

Pros: Colorful and closer style as seen on the original tv series.
Cons: NONE !!!

This movie has been given many bad reviews, I disagree!! I didn't like the other Batman movies because they were produced or shoot in the dark. This movie is more like the older "Batman Shows". It has many different villians. There is a plot to this...