Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

Mind over mayhem.

Release:2020
Runtime:1h 49m
Country:United States
Director:Cathy Yan
Language:English

Keywords

PolicePickpocketChasePsychopathsuperheroNightclubDark ComedyGang Leader

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.1/10· 282K votes
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic60%
TMDb6.877/10· 11K votes

With 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 60/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.

Cast of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

  • Margot Robbie

    Margot Robbie

    as Harley Quinn

  • Rosie Perez

    Rosie Perez

    as Renee Montoya

  • Mary Elizabeth Winstead

    Mary Elizabeth Winstead

    as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress

  • Jurnee Smollett

    Jurnee Smollett

    as Dinah Lance / Black Canary

  • Ewan McGregor

    Ewan McGregor

    as Roman Sionis

  • Ella Jay Basco

    Ella Jay Basco

    as Cassandra Cain

  • Chris Messina

    Chris Messina

    as Victor Zsasz

  • Ali Wong

    Ali Wong

    as Ellen Yee

  • David Ury

    David Ury

    as Sleazy Breeder

  • Sara Montez

    Sara Montez

    as Shallow Friend #1 / Kathrine

  • Izabel Pakzad

    Izabel Pakzad

    as Shallow Friend #2

  • Daniel Bernhardt

    Daniel Bernhardt

    as Sionis' Chauffeur

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) facts

Budget
$75M
Box office
$205.5M

Our take on Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Cathy Yan's 2020 action crime film cuts Harley Quinn loose from her old attachments and teams her with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to protect a young girl targeted for a hit after she steals a rare diamond from a crime lord. Told with a candy-colored, deliberately chaotic energy and narrated in Harley's unreliable, motor-mouthed voice, it's a scrappy, R-rated brawl built around female characters carving out their own space. It suits viewers who want irreverent, stylized comic-book action with a bruising sense of humor rather than solemn heroics. If the manic tone clicks, Birds of Prey is a fast, punchy ride; if not, it may feel scattered.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Dynamic action choreography delivers stylish fight sequences throughout
  • Fourth wall breaking adds humor and irreverent comedic energy
  • Female ensemble cast receives substantial character development screen time

What the audience disliked

  • Tonal shifts between violence and comedy occasionally feel jarring
  • Convoluted plot threads reduce clarity of narrative purpose

Trailer

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