Batman & Robin (1997)

As bad as they say. This is a movie whose reputation is earned, and one that prompted a public apology from its director twenty years later. It is one of the most arrogantly lazy movies I have ever seen, and a fine example of the worst excesses of late 1990's big tent filmmaking (another good example of this is the 1998 Godzilla with Matthew Broderick). Nobody gives a good performance in this thing, though Michael Gough probably comes the closest he is hamstrung by the material. Alicia Silverstone is shockingly bad, Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance consists entirely of clichés, and Uma Thurman can't decide if she's channeling Mae West or Bette Davis. I have too much respect for Georgia Clooney to say much, but I offer that there is a reason why Chris O'Donnell is doing procedural TV and not making movies. Shameful. *