"A film that boasts 10 Bat weapons specific enough to be mentioned in the press notes (plus four different "Batarangs") yet considers lines like "Freeze, you're mad" to be acceptable dialogue, Batman & Robin lives and dies by the aesthetic of excess, the familiar idea that anything worth doing is worth overdoing. You may admire its surface, but it is far too slick for even a toehold's worth of connection. While it would take more time than it's worth to list all the wrinkles of the film's Akiva Goldsman plot, Batman & Robin has the eerie feeling of having no beginning, no middle and no end. Watching it is like stumbling into the world's longest-coming attractions trailer, or a product reel for a visual effects house."