Birds of Prey (2020)

Picking up our Margot Robbie filmography watch through in its new format, we find ourselves going from I, Tonya to Birds of Prey (2020).

Title: Birds of Prey

Director: Cathy Yan

Released: February 7, 2020

Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes

Watched via: Streaming on HBOMAX

IMDb synopsis: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

I remember seeing Birds of Prey when it first came to streaming. The general consensus seemed to be that it was a lower-tier DC film. I disagreed then and disagree even more so after rewatching it for the first time. Margot proved in Suicide Squad that she could carry her own in the role of Harley Quinn, so I was excited to see her get her own movie.

Birds of Prey is bright, flashy, and a lot of fun. Not only do we get a story that helps to establish Harley Quinn as a main player in the DCEU, but she’s also surrounded by a cast that elevates her while carrying their own as well.

Jurnee Smollett as Black Canary made me want to see a Black Canary film. In what might be my favorite role of hers since Ramona Flowers, we get Mary Elizabeth Winstead as The Huntress. Rosie Perez and Chris Messina turn in great performances as well, but Ewan McGregor as Roman Sionis fully commits to the over-the-top persona of the role and does his best to try and steal the show.

Margot Robbie really grabs the role of Harley Quinn by the horns here and just has fun with it. The humor mixed and action sequences mixed with Robbie’s ability to go through the full range of Harley’s emotions helped to make Birds of Prey an upper tier DC film that gets bonus points for trying something different and taking chances.

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So, what are we doing next? Well, I think this will be the last Margot Robbie filmography watch through installment of 2022. I’ll pick it back up in January and will decide in late December what the film will be.

Between now and then though, I’ll be giving updates of my progress in the yearlong T&BA scavenger hunt challenge, I’ll give a review of one of my recent non-Margot Robbie watches, and December will kick-off with a Top 10 of favorite holiday movies.