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Batman & Robin
- Review Date: August 3, 2005
- PG-13
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- 1997
Common Sense Media says
Same bat-time, same bat-movie.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this film has some frightening scenes: It deals with the illness of an elder in the family, harassment, and depicts, in the final scene, Batman and two scientists plummeting thousands of miles when a telescope is torn out of the Gotham Observatory.
What's the story?
The caped crusaders battle not one but two supervillains in director Joel Schumacher's second Batman film. When an experiment gone wrong transforms Dr. Victor Fries (Arnold Schwarzenegger) into the evil Mr. Freeze, it's up to Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O'Donnell) to stop him from turning Gotham City into an arctic wasteland. Meanwhile, another scientific endeavor goes awry, changing timid horticulturalist Pamela (Uma Thurman) into vicious Poison Ivy. The dynamic duo must also stop her from wiping out humankind in her quest to create a vegetation-only planet. Batman and Robin get some help when butler Alfred's niece (Alicia Silverstone) comes to visit and becomes the crime-fighting Batgirl.
Is it any good?
This by-the-numbers Bat-sequel is an outright rip-off of the preceding entries in the series. The introduction of Batgirl and Alfred's first step to center stage can't compensate for the uninteresting supervillains. The movie draws its depiction of Poison Ivy straight from the Catwoman section of Batman Returns, and takes its hastily forged supervillains from both Batman Returns and Batman Forever. The movie's recurrent refrain of a villain invading a high-society gala is also from Batman Forever.
Unlike its three predecessors, which wound up making the villains more fascinating than Batman, Batman & Robin succeeds in making both the villains and the heroes equally uninteresting. The villains spout nothing but pun-filled taglines, and good guys mostly spew tedious platitudes about teamwork. Even younger viewers will notice the overly simple plot, especially if they've seen the far-better-scripted animated adventures Batman and Mr. Freeze: Subzero or The Adventures of Batman & Robin: Poison Ivy.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what makes a good superhero film. In other films, Batman has a darker side. Did that come across in this film? If not, would it have made this movie better, or worse? Why do you think people enjoy films based on comic book characters?
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Fine for all ages
A fine batman movie for all ages. Violence is not to bad and no language. 4/5
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The Worst in the Batman Franchise
This Movie is considered to be the worst batman movie ever made. I as well as thousands of other viewers of this movie are behind that theory.
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Batman goes bad
This movie is bad. The sexual talk is stupid, the acting is unconvincing and the action is goofy. The movie surfers from conflicting tones. At points it is just silly, which I wouldn't mind but then they put in some serious scenes as well as some odd ones that just don't work.
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Kid, 12 years old
January 16, 2011
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Skip it at all costs
I hate this stupid film. Even if you get past the corny villains you won't get past Robin and Batgirl. The worst Batman movie ever.
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Worst Batman film yet!!!
This film is really dumb!!! It feels like it was made just to sell toys.
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Too Goofy
A not-so-good Batman movie. Too goofy and light-hearted.
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Underrated and entertaining fourth original Batman film is fine for kids
Even though it is beyond silly and ridiculous and it slips even fuirther away from what the original style of hr first two batman films in the original series where like,I still can't help but enjoy this movie, with it's overly flashy use of camera movemens and it's comical action sequences. While it is rated PG-13, the only reason that keeps it from a PG rating is the occasional sensuality and that the villain Poison Ivy is a very sexed up character. Besides that, it really is fine for most older kids, and even the action scenes are quiet tame and even comical at times. Still a good movie, if not a great one.
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| Topics: | superheroes |
| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Director: | Joel Schumacher |
| Cast: | Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Uma Thurman |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Run time: | 130 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | June 12, 1997 |
| DVD release date: | October 21, 1997 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | strong stylized action and some innuendos. |
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