Joel Schumacher, director and ringmaster, piles on the flashy showmanship and keeps the film as big, bold, noisy and mindlessly overwhelming as possible.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Robin Dougherty
There's something almost maniacally heroic about packaging the fourth sequel of a superhero action series without resorting to the old standbys of good writing, capable acting or inspired directing.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Unfortunately, the charming Batfamily can't stay in their cave indefinitely; they've got to go out and fight crime. And that's where this elaborately high-style production from Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher hits an iceberg.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
This film, which places yet another actor in the batsuit, has all the necessary hallmarks of a sorry sequel -- pointless, plodding plotting; asinine action; clueless, comatose characterization; and dumb dialogue.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Batman & Robin, like the first three films in the series, is wonderful to look at, and has nothing authentic at its core.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Alex Ross
It has none of the minor virtues of Schumacher's other films. It looks bad: cluttered surfaces, production design reminiscent of overblown Broadway musicals, editing too fast for the eye to catch up, poor staging of fast action.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has written quips, not characters and Joel Schumacher still seems miscast as a Bat-action director: he stages the mayhem confusingly and the comedy too broadly.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
The current Bat cycle was already tired when Schumacher replaced Tim Burton behind the camera on "Batman Forever." This chapter -- so action-packed, yet so insufferably dull -- makes it clear that there's nowhere else to go.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Lacking most kinds of inspiration and geared to undemanding minds, this project is so overloaded with hardware and stunts, it's a relief to have it over.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Like a wounded yeti, Batman & Robin drags itself through icicle-heavy sets, dry-ice fog and choking jungle vines, before dying in a frozen heap. Unfortunately, that demise occurs about 20 minutes into the movie, which leaves you in the cold for approximately 106 minutes.Read Full Review »
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