CinemaBlend’s own Eric Eisenberg called it “a hell of a lot of fun.” The unapologetic R-rated action flick has been graced with positive first reactions since it premiered this week. Margot Robbie will be swinging her bat with Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell’s Black Canary, Rosie Perez’s Renee Montoya and Ella Jay Basco’s Cassandra Cain. I felt like no one was doing that and I couldn't understand why, especially a comic book movie. I really wanted to see Harley in a girl gang and I felt there was a huge gap in the market for a girl gang ensemble action film. It was either going to be a complete Harley and Joker story or Joker has got to be out of the picture.
Margot Robbie, who is also a producer on the film, said this about why Quinn and Joker are not an item in her upcoming return to the character: The whole point of Jared Leto’s Joker sitting out Birds of Prey was to give audiences a different kind of story about Harley following 2016’s Suicide Squad.
