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Overview

User Rating:
3.5/10   75,210 votes
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Director:
Joel Schumacher
Writers (WGA):
Bob Kane (Batman characters)
Akiva Goldsman (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
20 June 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Strength. Courage. Honor. And loyalty. On June 20, it ALL comes together...
Plot:
Batman & Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
5 wins & 18 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(83 articles)
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User Comments:
an especially bad movie more (843 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Arnold Schwarzenegger ... Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries

George Clooney ... Batman / Bruce Wayne

Chris O'Donnell ... Robin / Dick Grayson

Uma Thurman ... Poison Ivy / Dr. Pamela Isley

Alicia Silverstone ... Batgirl / Barbara Wilson
Michael Gough ... Alfred Pennyworth
Pat Hingle ... Commissioner James Gordon
John Glover ... Dr. Jason Woodrue

Elle Macpherson ... Julie Madison

Vivica A. Fox ... Ms. B. Haven
Vendela Kirsebom Thomessen ... Nora Fries (as Vendela K. Thommessen)
Elizabeth Sanders ... Gossip Gerty
Jeep Swenson ... Bane
John Fink ... Aztec Museum Guard

Michael Reid MacKay ... Antonio Diego
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Batman 4 (USA) (working title)
Batman and Robin (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for strong stylized action and some innuendos.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
125 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | Ireland:12 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | USA:TV-PG | Brazil:Livre | Australia:M (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Chile:TE | Ireland:PG (re-rating) (2009) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35367) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:10 (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Beverly Hills, California, USA more
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of three movies to feature two future United States Governors acting in the same film. Jesse Ventura, elected Governor in Minnesota in 1998, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, elected Governor of California in 2003. (The other two films were Predator (1987), and The Running Man (1987). All three of these movies featured Ventura and Schwarzenegger.) more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Mr. Freeze says, "Then it's winter in Gotham," his lips do not match with the words one hears. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Robin: I want a car. Chicks dig the car.
Batman: This is why Superman works alone.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in End of Days: The Beginning (2000) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Fun For Me more

FAQ

Why did this film receive so much criticism?
If Mr. Freeze had found a cure for MacGregor's Syndrome, why didn't he just use it on his wife?
Did this film's poor box office performance result in the end of the first Batman franchise?
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User Comments

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182 out of 241 people found the following comment useful.
an especially bad movie, 7 May 2001
1/10
Author: Gambitt from Ohio

I've rated several hundred movies on IMDB, and overall, I go easy on them. Most of the so-so ones get a 5 or 6. A movie has to be pretty bad to get a 4 or 3 from me. And movies with a 2 are simply, awful, awful movies.

I have saved the rating of 1 exclusively for Batman and Robin, for I'm pretty sure no movie could possibly suck more.

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.

Batman and Robin failed completely to meet even the rock-bottom expectations I held for it when I saw it.

The script is a complete wreck. The jokes are an insult to your intelligence. The acting isn't especially bad, but then again, very little is required of the actors. The action sequences are confusing and incoherent.

If you're a Batman fan, then you will hate what Joel Shoemaker did in this film. His bastardization of Bane pretty much kills any possibility of a Knightfall-based movie. If you're not a big Batman fan, you'll just hate this movie just because it's so freakin' stupid.

Any pros? Well, I've read some reviews that say the sets are beautifully constructed. Personally, I thought the sets were ok, but hardly anything special. Nothing that couldn't by done with lots of construction paper and elmer's glue.

So, no, there aren't really any pros.

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