Review

by Joel B

a turgid mess

Star-sodden but bowel-clenchingly embarrassing fourth installment of the Batman films in which Arnold Schwarzenegger is the only actor not to disappoint, and then only because he wheels out the kind of club-tongued performance we've come to love and expect from the big man. To be fair the script is laughable, most especially during the exchanges between Robin/Batgirl and Batman. Chris O'Donnell and Alicia Silverstone's characters follow a pouty, adolescent path to realising they're not cool enough to do anything without Batman, but Batman has now lost the grim chic of the first two films and seems more focused on wringing money out of the Batfranchise, so can't really help much. Silly, aimless, and universally derided, George Clooney reportedly offered to refund any Batman fan's cinema ticket for the film out of his own pocket. Ouch.