The costume designs are great, but fashion isn’t the sole focus of this feature. This isn’t a movie for someone hoping to see scantily clad women in impossibly tight outfits serving more as eye-candy than characters with purpose.
Many may love this way of storytelling, while others may long for a more linear plot.
We’re inside her brain but also outside of it watching her story, and there are times when the lines are blurred. Funny and pointed captions (there’s a fun reference to Bernie Sanders in the movie) and a wickedly observant voiceover by Harley makes even some of the bleaker moments pop. This gives the narration of the movie a spark like no other as viewers are told the story through her gaze. She’s sporadic and, for all intents and purposes, mostly insane. Comic book and DC animation fans will know that Harley is a morally ambiguous character with deranged tendencies, as well as the occasional heart of gold. The film’s structure is chaotic at times because the storyteller is Harley Quinn herself. Things aren’t made to be softer for the women due to being female rather it is shown that they have it even harder than their male counterparts. The violent fight scenes are used more as a way to showcase the capable fighting skills of the main women characters, and other times to show the brutality they are subjected to in a male-dominated criminal underworld. Harley and her team break bones and draw blood numerous times, but not so much to be gratuitous and overdone. The film is gritty, hence being rated R, but in-your-face graphic violence is balanced with dark humor and moments of softer emotion. Three major things Birds of Prey has going for it are the tone, rejection of the male gaze, and compelling characters. It’s a twisted tale as it is told through the point of view of the deranged Harley Quinn herself. The movie follows Harley Quinn as she joins forces with Black Canary, Helena Bertinelli, and Renee Montoya to save Cassandra Cain from Gotham City crime lord Black Mask. Directed by Cathy Yan ( Dead Pigs) and written by Christina Hodson ( Bumblebee), the film stars Margot Robbie ( Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Jurnee Smollett-Bell ( Underground), Rosie Perez ( White Men Can’t Jump), Chris Messina ( Julie & Julia), Ella Jay Basco, Mary Elizabeth Winstead ( Death Proof), and Ewan McGregor ( Doctor Sleep). This isn’t a film about larger than life superheroes, but about complex women with larger than life obstacles to overcome.īirds of Prey is the eighth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), and a follow-up to the 2016 movie Suicide Squad. The unconventional storytelling, dark humor, non-stop action, and theme of women’s empowerment makes for a wild and fun time at the movies. The “lovable psycho” Harley Quinn gets a live-action film that separates her from her toxic and domineering romantic partner, The Joker, while introducing a roster of lesser-known female characters to audiences. It also happens to be one of the boldest in breaking away from overused tropes viewers have come to expect from action and comic book films alike. Entertainmentīirds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is the first mainstream R-rated female-led comic book movie.
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