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Batman and his sidekick Robin attempt to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze, who wants to make Gotham City into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy, a botanical femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contend with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl, joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.
The Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin, must stop Mr. Freeze from plunging Gotham City into a new ice age. Meanwhile, the seductive Poison Ivy plots to conquer all living things with her deadly pheromones. As the villains unleash their schemes, Batman and Robin must also contend with the arrival of Batgirl, who has her own reasons for joining the fight.
Batman & Robin was a critical and commercial disappointment, widely panned for its campy tone, over-the-top performances, nonsensical plot, and excessive merchandising. It is often cited as one of the worst superhero films ever made.
Widely criticized for its excessive camp and poor script.
Often regarded as a low point for the Batman film franchise.
Performance of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze was particularly singled out for its outlandishness.
Google audience: Audiences found the film to be a campy and over-the-top disaster, criticizing its silly dialogue, lack of serious tone, and bizarre character portrayals. Many felt it strayed too far from the spirit of Batman.
Nominated for 11 Golden Raspberry Awards, winning for Worst Remake or Sequel and Worst Actor (Arnold Schwarzenegger).
The Bat-credit card scene was added to the script late in production after the filmmakers secured a lucrative promotional deal with American Express.
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You know what? I quite enjoyed this. "Batman" (George Clooney) and his sidekick "Robin" (Chris O'Donnell) have to race to downtown "Gotham" to thwart the diamond-heisting plans of "Mr. Fries" - that's as in freeze not French - (Arnold Schwa...
This is the worse batman movie out of all of them. Besides Clooney, the acting was horrendous. No wonder why Clooney regrets being in this movie it sucked.
**_Easily the best of the four_** Staunch fundamentalist fanboys have declared 1997's "Batman & Robin" to be a blasphemous blemish in the superhero's chronicling, but it's easily the most entertaining of the four Batman films that came o...
_Batman & Robin_ is fun in exactly one way: Fun to laugh at. It's terrible, God is it terrible, but it's terrible in that right kind of way. Doesn't stop it from being terrible, but does make it worth watching. Joel Schumacher delivers u...