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Bookmark this pageBatman & Robin (1997)
Director: Joel Schumacher
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The fourth Bat-flick finds this juvenile franchise running on empty. Oozing insincerity and perplexed paternalism, Clooney plays Batman as an irrelevant bystander. Screenwriter Akiva Goldman sets up a 'revenge of nature' theme, with Schwarzenegger's lumpen Mr Freeze croaking interminable 'cool' puns ('chill'), and Thurman vamping as eco-terrorist Poison Ivy, but soon falls back on recycling random Bat-pieces with scant rhyme or reason. Robin, the blandly obnoxious O'Donnell, meets his match in Silverstone's unintentionally hilarious Oxbridge biker chick, but Batgirl is just another doll looking for a merchandising tie-in.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Joel Schumacher
Producer: Peter MacGregor-Scott
Cast: George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Chris O'Donnell, Alicia Silverstone, Pat Hingle, Michael Gough full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Duration: 125 mins
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