'Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)' Review Thread

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% (7.16 in average rating) with 45 reviews

Critics consensus: No consensus yet.

Metacritic: 63/100 (22 critics) - Generally favorable reviews

As with other movies, the scores are set to change as time passes. Meanwhile, I'll post some short reviews on the movie.

With a wicked sense of humor and exhilarating action, Birds of Prey is fierce, fun and a total blast - and an empowering girl power superhero romp.

-Molly Freeman, Screen Rant: 4/5

A bold, entertaining riot that captures the manic energy of its lead character and ushers in a gang you’ll want to join.

-Matt Maytum, Total Film 4/5

It’s a girl-powered, earnestly feminist superhero movie with big, implausible action sequences and outsized personalities, and while it never quite reaches that potential, it does begin to map out a fresh path to the world-worn arena of superhero narratives. It may not be the promised total emancipation (at least not yet), but it is fantabulous in its own way.

-Kate Erbland, IndieWire B-

If Suicide Squad felt like Warner Bros.’ deliberate attempt to replicate the quirky fun of Guardians of the Galaxy, Birds of Prey is its stab — and there is a lot of stabbing in it — at making DC’s Deadpool.

-Matt Singer, Screen Crush

This film is a blitz of bad taste, a cornucopia of crass, and it is weirdly diverting – more than you might expect, given the frosty way Suicide Squad was received critically – and engagingly crazy. Watching it feels cheerfully excessive and unwholesome, like smoking a cigarette and eating a chocolate bar at the same time.

-Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: 3/5

As a comic book movie writ large, as an adaptation of an imaginative, gonzo, frenzied, devilish graphic novel not meant for kids, Birds Of Prey is arguably perfect as a blast of that kind of feverish dynamism. However, as a movie, Birds Of Prey can’t really break free from the cage of quirky insanity it is so content to nest in.

-Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist

Directing her first studio feature, Cathy Yan keeps it all hurtling along with impeccable ferocity. Her action scenes have a deftly detonating visual spaciousness, capped by crowd-pleasing moments.

-Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Does the movie’s pop-feminist message need to be as consistently, cartoonishly violent as it is? Almost definitely not. But in a world gone mad, the catharsis of Prey’s twisted sisterhood doesn’t just read as pandemonium for its own sake; it’s actually pretty damn sweet.

-Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

DIRECTOR

Cathy Yan

WRITER

Christina Hodson

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Matthew Libbatique

EDITOR

Jay Cassidy, Evan Schiff

Release date:

February 7, 2020

Budget:

$97.1 million

STARRING

• Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn

• Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya

• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Helena Bertinelli / The Huntress

• Ewan McGregor as Roman Sionis

• Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain

• Chris Messina as Victor Zsasz

Submitted February 06, 2020 at 12:36AM by DenzelWashingtonDC https://ift.tt/2Sl7Xkz