Reviews

For how openly goofy and exaggerated the humor is, this is a really accurate portrayal of a middle American working class family and the barriers they face, even when every member of the family is extremely gifted in some way. Super witty and smartly captures the older-millennial latchkey kid experience.

The villain, though I usually love Ewan McGregor, was really weak and the storytelling was choppy. But Birds of Prey is so fun and camp with lots of funny quips, fun costumes, and gorgeous action sequences that I see it having definite midnight movie potential. Cathy Yan took a big swing with her ultra-stylized direction style and, though it falters in places, it is a real breath of fresh air in a genre that can sometimes seem a little too color-by-numbers and focus-grouped. Plenty of memorable scenes and set pieces that show you a lot of love and care was put into making this movie, and the performances by the main cast-particularly Robbie-were excellent.