Here’s what critics are saying about Birds of Prey: The first reviews of the comic book movie are on the positive side, emphasizing the ensemble cast (including the villains), the action aided by John Wick director Chad Stahelski, and the general fun had by all involved, especially the audience. and DC continue to lead in that arena with Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey, with Margot Robbie reprising her Suicide Squad role as Gotham City antihero Harley Quinn. "If you found yourself internally screaming for Ryan Reynolds to shut the hell up during Deadpool, then the relentless, zany narration of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn will likely send you gibbering and ruined towards the emergency exit after, oh, 23 seconds.The success of Wonder Woman proved women-helmed, women-led superhero movies could be immensely successful, and now Warner Bros. But you can feel the feverish stress of the calculus it is constantly performing with regard to morality and, maybe more important, likability." The film is a hard R, mostly due to violence as well as language and the fact that Harley powers up for a fight by happily, if accidentally, indulging in some blow. "It never settles on how f**ked-up it wants its fucked-up protagonist to be. It’s just a terrible thing to inflict on audiences, who, after all, didn’t hurt anyone and just hoped to have a nice time." She certainly shouldn’t have starred in it. Margot Robbie shouldn’t have produced it. The screenplay should never have been filmed. Money should never have been raised for it. is a giddy treat of an R-rated comic-book movie, borrowing elements from inspirations as disparate as 9 to 5, Bugs Bunny and Modesty Blaise to create an adventure that tweaks its genre familiarity with delightful bursts of anarchy and wit. The film’s various elements work in wonderful concert to keep the momentum brisk but still grounded in a stylized version of human empathy." It’s nice to see a joker who doesn’t take herself too seriously." It works because we haven’t seen this story a thousand times before, and because it leaves behind the grim-dark posturing of Suicide Squad. Birds of Prey isn’t interested in hitting all the usual superhero movie beats. "lets her heroine’s mania guide her through a story that’s scrappy, weird and ultimately fun as hell. It’s all as tasty, chewy and disposable as bubble gum." "Birds of Prey light on psychology and devoid of prestige, it’s a slab of R-rated hard candy that refuses to take anything, least of all itself, too seriously. The movie also has a punky, washed-out look and harks back to a lot of long-gone pop culture: Harley looks like a No Doubt-era Gwen Stefani, and her run-down fun-house lair is a dead ringer for the villain’s hunting ground in The Man With the Golden Gun." really is the funniest comic book film since the first Deadpool from 2016. moves at a breakneck pace with a dry, totally unsentimental sense of humor, and it never gets caught up in cliched morals or weighty lessons. Yan's film is filled with fourth wall breaks, meta-voiceover from Harley, and ridiculous antics coupled with a pretty thin plot, which means it might not be for everyone. Rather than being outright raves, the positive reviews mostly fall down on the side of appreciating Birds of Prey for what it is: good, dirty fun. While Birds of Prey's 89% (as of the time of writing) score on Rotten Tomatoes suggests an uncontested win, the reviews are actually more mixed than the simple number suggests. Related: Birds Of Prey Debuted With Second-Highest DCEU Rotten Tomatoes Score
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