Suicide Squad
Warner Bros. | Release Date: August 5, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 53 Critic Reviews
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11
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26
Negative:
16
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
New York PostKyle SmithAug 3, 2016
If it has a genius for anything, it’s disorganization: What promised to be a Super Bowl of villainy turned out more like toddler playtime. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaAug 3, 2016
With a few, rare exceptions, the attempts at humor in “Suicide Squad” land with a thud—that is, if you can hear such a sound over the deafening din of gunfire and the bombastic score. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAug 2, 2016
But folks, this is a lousy script, blobby like the endlessly beheaded minions of the squad's chief adversary. It's not satisfying storytelling; the flashbacks roll in and out, explaining either too much or too little, and the action may be violent but it's not interesting. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAug 3, 2016
Sadly, Suicide Squad feels like a watered-down version of what could have been a stiff drink. Read full review
33
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 2, 2016
Suicide Squad never has the courage of its convictions — it doesn’t own anything. At best, Ayer rents some pre-existing pop iconography and charges us $15 to watch him take it around the block for a spin. Forget the “Worst. Heroes. Ever.” These guys don’t even know how to be bad. Read full review
30
The New YorkerAnthony LaneAug 6, 2016
To say that the movie loses the plot would not be strictly accurate, for that would imply that there was a plot to lose, and that Ayer, in a forgetful moment, left it in the glove compartment of his car on the way to the studio. Read full review
30
SlateJacob BroganAug 4, 2016
Suicide Squad’s only triumph may be that it manages to make Batman v Superman look better by comparison. Bloated and baffling as that film was, it at least had a coherent aesthetic—a morose aesthetic, to be sure, but an aesthetic all the same. Suicide Squad, by contrast, is little more than a drab patchwork, its stitching the only thing uglier than the cloth. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinAug 2, 2016
The visuals in the final battle have some charm: They reminded me of early Tsui Hark Hong Kong extravaganzas like Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain and A Chinese Ghost Story (which he produced). But there was passion in those HK pictures, along with acrobatic wire-work. Promiscuous CGI makes even the miraculous seem ho-hum. Read full review
30
TimeStephanie ZacharekAug 2, 2016
Harley Quinn’s entrance is the best moment in Suicide Squad. After that, you can leave. Robbie is a criminally appealing actress, likable in just about every way, but that intro aside, Suicide Squad doesn’t serve her well. It serves no one well, least of all its audience. Read full review
30
ScreenCrushMatt SingerAug 2, 2016
From the first scene to the last, it’s an absolute mess. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineJake ColeAug 3, 2016
Like the recruited criminals themselves, the film longs to be bad, yet its forced by outside pressures to follow narrow, preset rules. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezAug 3, 2016
There isn’t a moment of spontaneous fun or humor in this long, turgid movie, the latest let-down for rabid DC Comics fans who’ve been waiting for someone to pick up the baton Christopher Nolan left behind and do this universe justice. With “Suicide Squad,” the long wait continues. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 2, 2016
Suicide Squad wussies out when it should have been down with the Dirty Dozen of DC Comics. Audiences complained that Batman v Superman was too dark and depressing. So director-writer David Ayer (End of Watch, Fury) counters with light and candy-assed. I call bullshit. Read full review
20
SalonAndrew O'HehirAug 3, 2016
Decadence is supposed to be fun, surely, or at least more fun than the desperate, sludgy, frantic mess of Suicide Squad. Read full review
0
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAug 4, 2016
In a word, Suicide Squad is trash. In two words, it’s ugly trash. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAug 3, 2016
It’s the kind of torment you can wish on your worst enemy without feeling too guilty, not something to inflict permanent damage, just two hours of soul-sickening confusion and sensory torment. Read full review
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