Harley Quinn

HBO Max | Release Date: June 23, 2022

7.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 158 Ratings

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MargiVAug 28, 2022

Not even going to bother

I barely watched the first season, can't say anything, too disappointing and too overrated. This is a blasphemy, a bad copy of all the other rivals, they took and made everything that I don't like. I won't say moreNot even going to bother

I barely watched the first season, can't say anything, too disappointing and too overrated. This is a blasphemy, a bad copy of all the other rivals, they took and made everything that I don't like. I won't say more because it took too much of my time already. At your own risk try it. Peace!… Expand

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EpycWynMay 21, 2020

I really wanted to like this show especially since it was well-marketed and the art and animation is phenomenal for an Americanized anime. While the narrative is fitting to Harley Quinn's style as is the feminist tone she's been associatedI really wanted to like this show especially since it was well-marketed and the art and animation is phenomenal for an Americanized anime. While the narrative is fitting to Harley Quinn's style as is the feminist tone she's been associated with since conception, it's the overall ideology-forcing and complete lack of self-awareness that was the final nail in the coffin.

Now the characters are pretty shallow and hard to relate to, and that's because the male ones are always portrayed as beta males or over-powered dunces without tact. It didn't feel empowering to females, but instead just came off as ignorant of how human beings interact. Batman is overly gullible and sensitive, Joker is just a douche rather than actually funny and clever, and many core villains are just done total injustice. I can't tell if it's bad writing or the author just wanting to portray men negatively in an effort to portray women positively.

Clayface was a great character, Shark King was just okay though his portrayal left something to be desired. But oh my God they just butchered the handling of Dr. Psycho. Now Dr. Psycho was a character with a great deal of potential, lots of intelligence and emotion, clearly an underdog who got thrown under the bus for saying the word **** to his enemy. I thought his arc would be about embracing his offensiveness or growing into a leader in his own right, but instead they just spend the entire series having all his allies be verbally cruel, petty and hateful towards him. It left a bad taste in my mouth.

Plus this one episode in season 2 where they just point out valid criticism of the show, but then pretend it's just bad criticism for no real reason by portraying the critic as a sexist hypocrite, made me want to leave this review. It made me think: "wow, this show was finally meta, and yet still managed to be totally self-unaware." Harley Quinn as a series is very very average. And if you want average, you'll get it. The author dropped the ball in making this more than just an average show. Great color work and animation, some characters are compelling and interesting such as Ivy and Quinn.

But, taken as a whole you get a lot of character mishandling, heavy-handed ideology pushing, and an author that clearly hates their critics more than actually wants to understand the valid weight of the criticism. This show needed another author to fine-tune the characters to be believable and intelligent, to curb the heavy-handed ideology pushing, and to tell this author that men are not a bunch of **** retards. Did the author think women hate men or something? It really leaves a bad taste in the mouth and makes me dislike the author on a personal level.… Expand

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GregnatorNov 30, 2019

The pilot is okay, it starts off with "white men" who are rich and evil and all that woke nonsense. As a European, I am getting tired of American race obsession, it's racist and sad, get a grip America.

Swearing was overboard even for me,The pilot is okay, it starts off with "white men" who are rich and evil and all that woke nonsense. As a European, I am getting tired of American race obsession, it's racist and sad, get a grip America.

Swearing was overboard even for me, it's like you give a 6-year-old 5 minutes to write as many f-bombs as he can and then call it a script.

The violence was also a bit overboard, but seeing it's American, I can bet you won't even see a nipple, because "nudity bad, Gore good". Smh America.

It wasn't bad, it wasn't great, it was okay enough to make me curious for the second episode. It's not overly annoying woke like Batwoman, and I'm curious what direction they will take.
If it's going to be another wokefest like Batwoman, then you can count me, and most of Europe out. Leave the race obsession out of it.… Expand

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Gaijin-Dec 24, 2019

UPDATE AFTER WATCHING EPISODE 6:
The show cannot stay away from Harley's traumatic rupture with Joker and her need to prove herself as a villain in his eyes. This would have been OK as one story arc, but as the one and only focus of the showUPDATE AFTER WATCHING EPISODE 6:
The show cannot stay away from Harley's traumatic rupture with Joker and her need to prove herself as a villain in his eyes. This would have been OK as one story arc, but as the one and only focus of the show I find it repetitive and a waste of potential for the character. If the intention was to appeal to the feminist fundamentalists, I find it odd that they have Harley continuously dwelling on her ex instead of moving on and doing her own thing.

Will not continue watching.

Writing this review after watching the first 4 episodes.

As with most controversial shows / movies / games, the 9s and the 10s are as undeserved as the 0s and 1s.

I see some people comparing this with the Batwoman show from CW; I think this one is much better than Batwoman, but it is true that it drills down on the "male toxicity" / anti-male sentiment that is becoming mainstream this days.

Now with the comparisons out of the way, on to the review proper. The animation is good quality (it reminds me of the better made seasons of Ben 10, but with a bit more money), the voice acting is good and the writing is not bad, except for the shoehorned "men are evil" part. There is swearing and blood / gore, which surprised me as I was expecting a spinoff from the classic Batman animated series, but I actually liked that part.

I am watching one or two more episodes: if the show keeps dwelling on the passive-aggressive demonization of men, I will stop watching it and allocate my time to Genndy Tartakovsky's (creator of Samurai Jack) Primal. If it explores other topics, I will continue watching.… Expand

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TerridolJan 14, 2020

I was looking forward to an R-rated Harley Quinn show. Like Deadpool, the rating would allow the character to be fully realized. But, the final product just seems to be a hot mess that appears it was written by a teenager who is just copyingI was looking forward to an R-rated Harley Quinn show. Like Deadpool, the rating would allow the character to be fully realized. But, the final product just seems to be a hot mess that appears it was written by a teenager who is just copying what others have done better in the past. The show starts off really laying on the feminist message that men are dumb egocentric idiots, and women are superior. This is beat into the view from the moment the show starts and becomes almost unbearable during the second episode, not until you get past episode three, does it becomes slightly more tolerable. The humor falls flat as most of the jokes are not funny, and the overuse of ultra-violence is unnecessary and feels out of place. Speaking of the violence, except for a few scenes, most of the action involves men getting killed and mutilated for no reason other than for the sake of women empowerment.

The cast does their job, Kelly Cucco brings her energy to the role but nothing new. She doesn’t even bother with an accent like all other Harley Quinn’s in the past have. This makes me feel like I am watching Penny from BBT, in cosplay. The best part of this show is Poison Ivy. Her friendship with Harley and her relationship with a villain called Kiteman shows that the show does have something it can offer other than the caper of the week non-funny violence fest that we have. DC, if you choose to renew this show for season two, please focus more on the inter-group relationships and less on the Ultra-feminist message and do not go for an R-rating just for the rating. Let the show and story justify the R-rating.… Expand

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