Birds of Prey was released in February 2020, about a month before Covid-19 hit. The movie did not do well becoming the lowest grossing DCEU movie at the time. This all happened before movie theaters shut down. The plot sees Harley Quinn starting a new life after she breaks up with the Joker. The movie stars Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollet, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, Chris Messina, and Ewan McGregor.

I thought Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harly Quinn was an interesting movie. It was very unique. I did not get to see it in theaters, so I finally got around to watching it now. I did not necessarily love the movie, but I did not hate it either. I am a little confused why it is R rated. It did not seem that gratuitous for an R rating. The only thing is probably the profanity and some of the violence. There are a lot of PG-13 movies that are violent and have tons of language. If the movie was toned down slightly, maybe it would have gotten a PG-13 rating instead. That could have factored in why the movie did not do that well when it initially was released. That does not mean anything given Joker was a huge hit the year before and the Deadpool movies have made a ton of money.

The cast does a good job. The movie really is Harley Quinn’s movie. The rest of the characters are just background. Margot Robbie does a good job as Harley Quinn. The tone of the movie seemed to fit Harley Quinn. There were interesting choices made with regards to the characters particularly Roman Sionis played by Ewan McGregor and Victor Zsasz. I am curious what the characters will be like if and when they are brought into the DCU.

I am confused about the title change. The movie was originally called Birds of Prey. The only thing I can think of is that the concept of the Birds of Prey was not the main focus of the movie. I do think the title is a little too long.

The music fit the movie well. The movie is also very colorful. It has a brighter color palette than other DCEU movies. This is not really a spoiler but Jared Leto who played the Joker in Suicide Squad is not in the movie. The Joker is heavily referenced in the beginning but he does not appear at all. There was a time when there was supposed to be a Joker vs. Harley Quinn movie and a Gotham City Sirens movie which would have had the Joker.

There is a post-credit scene but it is audio without visuals.

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is an alright movie that is a bit weird tonally. It will be interesting to see if Margot Robbie will be the DCU’s Harley Quinn or if the role will be recast.