Birds Of Prey Review Harley Gets A Squad Upgrade
Wonder Woman is wonderful but not everyone can be a gorgeous, all-powerful Themysciran princess who’s also a demi-god. DC’s latest Birds of Prey–a follow up (of sorts) to Suicide Squad that’s also everything that movie wasn’t–is a grubby, funny, joyful female team-up that resonantly shows us heroes come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Suicide Squad was a cinematic car crash, so there’s something so satisfying about the fact that four years later, released over a weekend where a movie about the Joker is nominated for 11 Oscars, Harley has also completely reinvented herself as a flawed, powerful and empowering leader in a film that reverses her character’s former betrayal....