BATMAN AND ROBIN
George
Clooney, Chris O’Donnell,
Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman
Warner
Bros.; Directed by Joel Schumacher
Rated
PG-13; 130 minutes; 1997
Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris
O’Donnell) get some help from Barbara Gordon (Alicia Silverstone), a
seventeen-year-old boarding school student that calls herself Batgirl, in the
fourth installment of the BATMAN series. Numbering among the demented villains
are Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and the intoxicating Poison Ivy (Uma
Thurman) whose kisses are as lethal as her name.
REVIEWS
"Spectacular!"
- Bobbie Wygant, NBC-TV
"Absolutely! Absolutely! The best
BATMAN ever!"
- Bill Klein, NBC-TV
"Astonishing!"
- Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV
"The best of the BATMAN movies! A
super treat!"
- Liz Smith, L.A. TIMES SYNDICATE
"Sizzling!"
- Jules Peimer, WKDM RADIO
"The best BATMAN ever! Action films
don’t get better than this."
- Bonnie Churchill, NATIONAL NEWS
SYNDICATE
"A lot of fun!"
- Joe Siegel, GOOD MORNING AMERICA
"Sizzling!"
- Julie Premier, WKDM RADIO
"Big. Bold. Lavish. Outlandish
visual mischief."
- Janet Maslin, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"A blockbuster. Astonishing.
Oscar®-caliber special effects."
- Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV
"Breathtaking!"
- Michael Medved, N.W. POST
"Wonderful fun. An exciting
adventure."
- Jim Ferguson, PREVUE