The film also benefits from two first-rate villains in the form of Ewan McGregor as a delightfully unhinged trustafarian brat and Chris Messina as his bleach blonde bizarro lackey." Hannah Woodhead at Little White Lies felt much the same, dreaming aloud what the world would be like if "all comic book movies felt this fun." In her review of Birds of Prey, she also commended the cast for their electric performances - a common note amongst critics: "Unlike Suicide Squad, the entire cast seems to be having a ball: Robbie's affinity for her character is infectious Rosie Perez gets her best role in years as the hardboiled cop on Quinn's tail and Winstead is a delight as the socially awkward assassin who's spent her whole adult life plotting revenge. Harley Quinn has always been an agent of chaos - which is why her and the Joker were so well-suited - and her standalone film lets this madness run wild from the off." Meanwhile, Culture Whisper's Ella Kemp wrote, " Birds of Prey fizzes with madness, violence, and blistering fun.
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Joining Harley to form the Birds of Prey gang are Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), and Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) - who must also contend with Black Mask's henchman Victor Zsasz (Chris Messina), who's also an unhinged serial killer. With Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie leading Birds of Prey as Harley, the role she first played in 2016's Suicide Squad, the film puts the colorful criminal's narrative firmly in her own hands, telling the story of Harley's alliance with several other powerful women to save a young girl named Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) from the wicked crime boss Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor), better known as Black Mask. As of Thursday, February 6, Birds of Prey holds an excellent 89 percent approval rating on the review aggregator site.
At the very least, Harley Quinn isn’t leaving the big screen anytime soon, as she’ll be back for next year’s The Suicide Squad, and there’s still talk about making Gotham City Sirens, which would see Harley alongside Poison Ivy and Catwoman.īe sure to read CinemaBlend’s review of Birds of Prey and scan through our DC movies guide to learn what else this superhero franchise has in development.Though it seemed worrisome that the critical embargo lifted so late, as it could indicate a potential anticipation on studio Warner Bros.' part for the film to bomb, it's now clear that critics truly enjoyed their time with Harley Quinn and her gang of misfits. We’ll have to wait and see how Birds of Prey performs commercially in its opening weekend, but assuming it pulls in enough money, don’t be surprised if Warner Bros announces a sequel is in the works. Cathy Yan directed and Christina Hodson wrote the script. Along with Margot Robbie, the cast includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Ewan McGregor and Chris Messina.
While Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn was introduced in 2016’s Suicide Squad, it’s clear from the Birds of Prey advertising that you don’t need to be familiar with her time in Task Force X to follow along with her latest adventure.įresh off her breakup with The Joker, Birds of Prey sees Harley Quinn teaming up with Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya to protect Cassandra Cain from Black Mask, as the young girl stole a diamond belonging to the Gotham City crime boss. Since then, the DCEU has been getting into a more stable groove with its movies, and clearly Birds of Prey is keeping that streak going.
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