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2016
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Positive Reviews
109
Negative reviews
137
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1.5
Aside from its bad guys doing good angle (something that isnt completely original itself), Suicide Squad doesnt offer a single unique idea.
Keith & the Movies
4.5
Suicide Squad is a step in the right direction for the DCEU. Is it perfect No. Is it flawed Yes. Is it entertaining Hell Yeah!
0.5
It is truly disrespectful to the viewer that a superhero movie as stupid as Suicide Squad is shown in the movie theaters.
2.8
If youre gonna make a subpar superhero movie, you might as well do it with some flair.
Av Club
3.0
A refreshing step up for the DCEU after Batman v Supermans instantly legendary failures, this is wacky blockbuster filmmaking that celebrates style ov ..
Den Of Geek
1.5
Ayer hasnt really delved deep into the realms of the fantastical and the effects driven before, and he doesnt appear to attack it with much conviction ..
Den Of Geek
1.8
Suicide Squad never has the courage of its convictions it doesnt own anything.
Indie Wire
0.5
Suicide Squad never has the courage of its convictions it doesnt own anything.
Indie Wire
3.0
And saying Suicide Squad is streamlined is to say that every scene in the film is doing a lot.Theres precious wasted time in the movie clocking in at ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
While Ayers script makes no secret of the fact that Joker doesnt care about Harley, it was unclear whether he was thinking of replacing her.
We Got This Covered
1.5
But at best, Ayers cut will elevate an unwatchable film into a mediocre one.
We Got This Covered
1.5
Suicide Squad wasnt exactly a Justice League level disaster (it made a bunch of money and won an Oscar), but theres still the sense that we havent see ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
Constrained, no doubt, by its PG 13 rating, the jokey perversity of Suicide Squad cant begin to match the heights (or is it depths) of this years supe ..
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Theres no one to root for in this movie, and no one whose prospects we care about. Several plot points lack coherence, and inserted flashbacks add to ..
Austin Chronicle
4.0
In the end, Suicide Squad ends up being less a celebration of bad behaviour and more a tribute to outsiders.
Time Out
2.5
In our modern era of overstuffed superhero movies, its not a surprise that Suicide Squad has too many characters.
Screen Daily
4.0
Action, witty dialogues delivered at the best of times and lots of special effects thrown in as well.
ETimes (TOI)
1.5
0 Suicide Squad will go down as one of the most promising and most infuriating films of the year, and possibly in the superhero genre.
Collider
1.5
His performance is a collection of tics, and since the movie doesnt spend any real time developing his character, hes merely a crazy guy with green ha ..
Collider
1.0
But for all the gestures towards realism (like the guilt over collateral damage in the Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justi ..
Vulture
2.9
Suicide Squad does occasionally recognize the possibilities of its premise, offering a different perspective of familiar superhero conversations like ..
Paste Magazine
1.9
And it stinks.In the continuing effort to create a series of interconnected films based on DC Comics characterssimilar to the well established (and, t ..
Rogerebert
3.0
There are some enjoyable elements, namely certain standout performances from the star studded cast, but thats not quite enough to prop up the uninspir ..
IGN
2.0
Heartsore fans were reassured that the forthcoming Suicide Squad movie would be the emergency valve by which the studio would squirt some fun back int ..
Telegraph
2.5
I understand the appeal of setting up characters that well eventually see again, but can we at least have a good story to start them off with a bang
The Young Folks
2.5
It lacks the convolution problems of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but is also so simple that it doesnt carry any weight.
Cinema Blend
3.0
Their romance gives Suicide Squad a bit more warmth than some might expect.
Ny Daily News
3.5
Most significantly, SUICIDE SQUAD, like BvS feels like a legitimate film and even if it occasionally misses the mark, one cant fault the filmmakers fo ..
JoBlo
3.0
Simply put: Suicide Squad is an uneven and sometimes disorienting viewing experience even if most ticket buyers will find it entertaining.
Screen Rant
2.5
Regrettably, the films place setting opening lays the scene for a different, more exciting film that never really unfolds.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
Suicide Squad does have quite a few tremendously entertaining sequences of high action and low comedy.
Philly
4.0
And special note must be made of Leto\u00e2\u0080\u0099s brilliant essaying of this iconic character.
0.5
The picture even makes Snyders gloomy, depressing Batman v Superman look like a walk in the park.
One Guys Opinion
3.5
It makes very little narrative sense.You might even argue that it stops the action dead.
Village Voice
2.5
Suicide Squad hits theaters as the most hotly anticipated popcorn pic in what has been a fairly disappointing cinema summer.
Rogers Movie Nation
1.8
Instead of sequels and spin offs (those come next year), the DCU takes a brief detour with Suicide Squad, looking to have a little fun with its rogues ..
Blu Ray
3.1
At some point, with Smith and Robbie getting most of the screen time, this team was supposed to jell and form a unit whose members depend on one anoth ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
1.5
Warner Bros. enlarges its DC Comics universe with this dull blockbuster about five supervillains offered release from prison if theyll execute an impo ..
Chicago Reader
1.3
Its how the movie feels.Theres Deadshot (Will Smith), the worlds deadliest hitman with a heart of gold.
Mark Reviews Movies
4.4
It helps flesh out the comic book world of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, plus makes a bunch of obscure outsiders just as engaging and fun to wat ..
Usa Today
1.5
The movie is a series of introductions that last about half an hour and then its the third act.
You Tube
1.0
It is a third rate film from a third rate hack director (David Ayer, who last made the tank drama Fury) with unpleasantly 11th rate cast
The Times
4.0
Admittedly, theres a Trump like vigilante logic in setting a thief to catch a thief, but the result is enjoyable, amoral mayhem.
The Times
2.8
Thanks to some interesting characters and some Deadpool inspired gallows humor, this is a fun film to watch, but not as much fun as it should have bee ..
Lariat
1.5
But the effect is to make us wish we could have seen THOSE stories, not this weak goulash of characters with interesting pasts and dull presents.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
There is so much universe building and overexplaining that the movie frequently forgets to have any fun.
News Review
2.0
Not because its lacking the humour that seams into Marvels hits, but because it hasnt married the content to a coherent script that allows characters ..
Radio Times
1.5
As it stands, however, Suicide Squad is an absolute cinematic mess and train wreck.
Screen It
2.0
Suicide Squad has a 15 certificate (instead of the 12A that most summer blockbusters are given).The expectations were that this would be a film with a ..
Independent
1.3
Forget Batman v Superman at least it tried.This botch job makes Fantastic Four look good.
Rolling Stone
1.0
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
2.5
The films ubiquitous posters are psychedelic and outrageously designed, but none of that aesthetic makes it into the final product, which offers your ..
The Wrap
1.9
It proves too much for one movie to handle.Suicide Squad is pushed and pulled in so many directions that it simply falls apart.
News Day
2.2
Writer director David Ayer doesnt have the right graphic technique for a comic book style jamboree hes strictly a noirish pulp guy and the characters, ..
Cs Monitor
3.0
Mind you, its still a deeply incoherent movie a movie that could never realistically live up to the otherworldly expectations those excellent trailers ..
Hindustan Times
2.0
What could be more fun than watching bad people do bad things in the service of good
The Guardian
3.0
Its undoubtedly an advance on that recent uneasy face off, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.But does it bring the funny
The Guardian
3.0
Its probably best to think of Suicide Squad as a primer, an entry into a side world of the DC Universe that may pay bigger benefits in later films.
Az Central
2.0
Letos reinterpretation of DC Comics most famous villain as a drug addled rich boy is neither great nor terrible (though given the characters sobriquet ..
Smh
2.0
That film was just the kind of nasty, unpredictable picture the PG 13 rated Suicide Squad wants to be but cant.
Npr
1.9
But you will never be better loved or longer remembered than for your classic Batman trilogy.
Star Tribune
3.1
In a film that is at its best when it is gritty and dirty like a 70s urban crime thriller, her presence demands tons of computer generated swirling fi ..
Q Network
4.0
But it is its very un British directness in addressing one of the great taboos of the ageing process that lingers longest in the memory.
Daily Mail
4.0
Suicide Squad is explosive, preposterous, exhilarating and like all the best films based on comic book characters, doesnt take itself too seriously We ..
Daily Mail
3.2
For DC, which blew it with Batman v Superman last spring, Suicide Squad is a small step forward. But it could have been a giant leap.
Ew
1.5
In only five minutes we get about six tracks hammered in to us to establish tone and mood, rather than leave it up to the writing and Ayers occasional ..
Cinema Crazed
3.8
Based on the screening I attended, I can attest that audiences seemed to genuinely enjoy the jokes and get swept up in the action sequences.
Salon
1.5
We reached the decadent phase of superhero cinema some time ago, somewhere around the X Men prequels and the second Thor movie and the failed Spider M ..
Salon
2.5
This is all to say that the film never makes a compelling case that it needs, or even deserves, to exist.
Slate
1.0
While it might be good to be bad, Suicide Squad is just plain awful.
Flim List
4.0
Its unsettling and compelling almost enough to make you wish it were more than a subplot.
Empire
2.0
Despite the talented cast and Robbies stand out performance as Harley Quinn, this antihero story is a disappointment.
Common Sense Media
3.0
Its structure is messy & its storytelling is incoherent at times, but it looks good, sounds great and pushes the genre forward in some neat ways.
Movies
3.0
Suicide Squad is a welcome addition to the superhero genre that quite frankly, should be a better movie than it already is.
Flickering Myth
0.0
Margot Robbie is wasted on the uninspired lunacy of Suicide Squad.
Sf Gate
4.0
The premise of the movie is strong and the makers have not failed with the execution.
Book My Show
2.0
This overstuffed migraine of a movie bursting at its seams with way too many characters and way too much exposition delivers way too little fun.
Book My Show
1.5
To say that the movie loses the plot would not be strictly accurate, for that would imply that there was a plot to lose.
New Yorker
1.5
If you cant strike a spark with Robbie, somethings terribly wrong.Suicide Squad moves fast, so fast that the characters barely have time to hate one a ..
Time
2.0
Another summer movie superhero disappointment, Suicide Squad is a long, dull, spiritually dead, often incoherent slog, featuring scenes ginned up with ..
Boston Herald
2.5
Recent superhero flicks have suffered terribly from their unmemorable villains, but Enchantress may be the most forgettable yet.
Slant Magazine
1.9
Deadshot may never miss, but Suicide Squad does, with almost every bullet.
Washington Post
2.5
In spite of all the mayhem and attitude, the overall mood is cautious.
The New York Times
2.2
Suicide Squad plays it as just another walk in the comic book movie park.Its a sad, disappointing fate for what could have been one of the more eccent ..
The Film Stage
1.9
WHEN that better movie comes along, be it the already announced sequel or the promised Harley Quinn spinoff vehicle, maybe well get somewhere near a g ..
Chicago Tribune
3.1
But the cast and the pacing keep it moving, and youll probably feel like you got your moneys worth if youre one of those millennials who considers The ..
Boston Globe
2.2
The rock soundtrack competes with the action instead of complementing it.
Reeling Reviews
3.5
Its the most gnu metal superhero movie to date, dumb and empty and sorta greasy, but never dull, and thank God for that.
Uproxx
2.0
Warner Bros. Suicide Squad is the most frustrating movie Ive seen in 2016.For the first 25 minutes or so, theres a better than average chance you migh ..
Uproxx
0.0
Should be grim, bitter, and as horrifyingly alluring as Hannibal Lecter. But its nothing but a teen friendly ad for toys, Ts, and other disposable mer ..
Flickfilosopher
2.0
Its very much what youd expect from the denouement of a bad Ghostbusters movie.But those films are breezier comedies.
The Irish Times
2.5
In its efforts to catch up with the juggernaut that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC has been hurrying to put together its own interconnected set ..
Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
This movie feels all too much like Batman v. Superman while unspooling with the inelegance of X Men: Apocalypse.
ReelViews
2.5
Suicide Squad may not quite commit harakiri, but it certainly feels like its taken far too many sleeping pills.
Hollywood Reporter
2.0
But it still constitutes storytelling, which is more than one can safely say of the rest of the picture.The director David Ayer (End of Watch) has don ..
The Atlantic
4.0
Suicide Squad didnt need to be anything more than another fun and entertaining entry in the DC movie universe.
Lyles Movie Files
1.5
I dont want to watch Suicide Squad again, but I really would like to see those characters again.I would like more with them, perhaps in a movie that h ..
Birth Movies Death
4.5
He does well in the part, but he simply doesnt hold a candle to Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger.
Deccan Chronicle
2.0
Does it need spelling out that this is far too much narrative responsibility to place on Delevingnes perfectly pointy shoulders
Standard
1.5
The difference is that The Dirty Dozen was made out of a real book the people read and loved and Hollywood bought it and made a movie filled with good ..
Tony Medley
2.0
In a category of their own are Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and her boyfriend with the green hair and metallic teeth, the Joker.
Los Angeles Times
1.9
The script is an untidy mess thats as lazy as it is uninspired, the central conundrum facing this roster of bad guys forced to be heroes a nonsensical ..
Movie Freak
2.2
Bad movie.Suicide Squad attempts to flip the superhero script by casting a team of baddies as its leads, and its irreverent attitude is meant to break ..
Detroit News
3.0
Critics often complain that overcrowded comic book movies dont devote enough energy to psychology or performance, focusing instead on action and big C ..
Variety
2.5
Some comic book fans will lap it up, but Suicide Squad is all sauce and no meat.
Groucho Reviews
3.8
It is gleefully nihilistic, and it takes a different approach to what has become a fairly familiar story form at this point, right at the moment when ..
Hit Fix
2.5
Yet this bad guys enlisted to do good tale hits its own snags, generating only sporadic moments of fun amid near relentless chaos.
Cnn
3.8
Those are only some of its flaws.But have you ever seen a movie whose messiness was part of its appeal
Aisle Seat
3.5
Is Suicide Squad a bad movie.I would say no. I have seen films so bad this year that they made my toes curl but that, for me, is not Suicide Squad.
Forbes
1.5
Suicide Squad is not the savior of the summer.It is not the great DC Films entry that gets the franchise back on track after two middling Zack Snyder ..
Forbes
3.5
Its crowd pleasing genre entertainment with delightful performances, eye popping visuals, fun Easter eggs and super cameos for the fans, and a promise ..
Forbes
4.0
Just dont jump on the Suicide Squad bandwagon thinking its going to take you on a wild, wired ride.
Herald Sun
2.2
(One quality of the film worth acknowledging: The film might not be very good, but Suicide Squad might just be Hollywoods most diverse comic adaptatio ..
Consequence Of Sound
3.1
Admitted, even with its flaws, at least Suicide Squad is trying to give diehard fans the kind of comic book movie theyve been waiting for this summer ..
Nj
1.5
Suicide Squad is a slog of a movie.Its the same piano key being struck at exactly the same volume, and exactly the same rhythm, for two hours.
Vox
2.0
But its all style and very little substance, as Ayer struggles to overcome the challenges posed when crafting an ensemble featue.
Hey U Guys
3.1
It brings many exciting new characters to the big screen, along with the glum suspicion its merely a noisy roll call for further adventures in what th ..
The Star
2.2
Suicide Squad has some effective comedy and can be occasionally refreshing, but its irreverence often feels artificial and contrived.
The Play List
2.0
And its a mess.That said, its a mess with a strong first act, a couple of decent performances and one tiny but meaningful moment that says it knows an ..
Now Toronto
2.5
Suicide Squad doesnt trust its instincts for mischief and derangement enough.
Scroll
2.5
But sadly theres nothing here that will leave fans salivating for a Suicide Squad sequel.
Deseret News
4.5
Suicide Squad is likely to be good enough for some, but its by no measure good.Its a smattering of recognizable faces and costumes in an otherwise inc ..
Film School Rejects
2.0
Deadpool was funny.Make it more funny (most of the humour is DOA)!
Film Ink
2.0
Its the apparent lack of strategy in putting together these pieces that undermines the lot, resulting in a good deal less than the sum of the films ad ..
Ner Dist
2.5
Knee deep in spent shell casings and sardonic asides, David Ayers superhero friendly remake of The Dirty Dozen becomes more conventional as it unfolds ..
The Age
2.0
In either case its not clear why the Suicide Squad is needed.And the overwrought plot is just getting started.
Maki At The Movies
1.5
Its baffling that this movie struggled with its storyline to such a distressing degree.
2.0
What could and should have been an entertaining romp ends up deathly dull.
Cine Vue
3.0
The result is an almost distractingly starry superhero film showy, action heavy, fun in parts and slow in others.
Mirror
3.8
Theres enough right about this movie that I hope it generates a sequel.
Three Movie Buffs
3.0
Its Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justices nasty, narky little brother.
Games Radar
3.0
How do the bad guys hold up to Batman v Superman and other superhero movies
You Tube
2.8
DCs grand scheme is fashioning a superhero universe like Marvels, to be cut and pasted to form franchises and collabos.Marvel has the Avengers; DC is ..
Tamp A Bay
1.9
If it has a genius for anything, its disorganization: What promised to be a Super Bowl of villainy turned out more like toddler playtime.
New York Post
3.0
The story just isnt really there its all a spectacle from this point.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
4.5
Suicide Squad is an unhinged and messy approach to filmmaking, this is not a neat film concerned with professionalism but it is a thoroughly fascinati ..
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
And even though the films anarchic, unpredictable humour intentional or otherwise is part of the charm, most of the gags land well within Marvels whee ..
Lw Lies
2.5
It just hasnt worked out that way.Some characters do shine from out of the dull, dark action.
Nz Herald
3.1
Suicide Squad (official) blitz trailer A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchang ..
Kansas City
2.0
The good news first: its probably the best of the new DC Universe films.The bad: its still not very good.
Digital Spy
1.3
Every backstory is forced, every character lacking substancesome are totally unnecessary.
Red Eye Chicago
2.5
Is Suicide Squad good 2.Will people like Suicide Squad enough to forget how fucking stupid Batman v. Superman was
The Stranger
3.2
If not for the Batman movies, DC/Warner would have nothing that even comes close to the magic that Marvel manages to give to its C list characters lik ..
Cleve Land
2.0
SUICIDE SQUAD (M) 122mins Kiwi audiences could have cause for complaint under the Consumer Guarantees Act with this one.
Stuff
3.8
Its afraid to really twist itself into something we havent seen before, which feels like a terribly wasted opportunity.
Ar Kansas Online
1.3
Suicide Squad simply doesnt have enough timeenough narrative widthto accomplish all that it intends.
Larsen On Film
0.5
If you can believe it, Suicide Squad is even worse than Fantastic Four.
Vanity Fair
0.0
This one deserves further attention by virtue of its exceptional cynicism and startling ineptitude.
Wsj
1.0
Bright, brash, and very loud, SUICIDE SQUAD screams its satisfaction with itself without ever showing us anything to back that up.
Killer Movie Reviews
2.5
Throughout Suicide Squad an unease can be felt, akin to a beast trapped in a PG 13 cage chomping at the bit to get out.
Matts Movie Reviews
3.5
After the success of Marvel superhero films, DC wants to jump on the bandwagon too and has fast tracked its own ventures.
FilmFare
2.0
With the overall tone of a rush job executed without imagination, Suicide Squad fails in its mission to stand out from other comic book movies.
Daily Dot
2.5
None of it can overcome the films biggest flaw: The stupid story.
Patriot Ledger
3.1
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Sltrib
3.5
Suicide Squad Is Fun If youre tired of the supreme self seriousness of the two DC superhero films so far, the good news is that Suicide Squad is defin ..
Film
2.5
Another reason is that Suicide Squad is too overstuffed with plot points and subplots.
Scmp
1.5
While Smith isnt weak here but hes clearly coasting and also clearly not the main attraction.
4.5
And for this cross section of DC supervillainy, thats plenty reason to be even more cutthroat than usual.
Ign
2.8
As is tradition, the closing credits provide a tease of the next instalment.It has to be more entertaining than this.
The Film Pie
2.5
Suicide Squad does have its moments of beautiful comic book visuals.
Chicago Sun Times
0.3
Perhaps with more irreverent humor, nore shocking moments, and a wittier, less clunky screenplay, Suicide Squad could have been a thrilling and exciti ..
Nyc Movie Guru
3.0
It would be too sweet of an origin for Deadshot if it wasnt for Smith, who brings some swagger to this familiar motive.
Punch Drunk Critics
3.8
Of the three films thus far, Suicide Squad is the most interesting: a nihilistic adventure comedy.
Movie Crypt
2.5
Suicide Squad never tries to be anything more than the cool whip on top of the sundae. Its a kicks and giggles take on the DC universe, vastly more en ..
Movie Web
0.0
(Ayer made Fury just two years ago!).As it is, it just isnt worth it.
Sandiego Reader
3.5
A uniquely addled comic book yarn thats weirdly refreshing in its apathy for anything but its performers.
Cinemix Tape
3.5
The ending feels straight out of the original Ghostbusters, and not in a good way.
ComingSoon
4.3
And it is just plain funny.This is the Deadpool of the DC movie universe.
ComingSoon
2.5
There would be no summer blockbuster nowadays without the heroically sized hero cast.
The Ringer
3.0
Zack Snyder is one of the executive producers, and you can see his influence all over Suicide Squad.Thankfully it is better than Sucker Punch.
Dead Line
2.0
This is a deeply flawed movie, where an eccentric director sometimes triumphs over genre expectations and other times loses.
Metro New York
2.5
Ayer celebrates assassins who never miss a kill shot, but his film keeps missing the target as a tall tale or a sprawling spectacle.
Film Comment
2.0
Its a curly one to be sure, but weve ventured far enough into the comic book franchise universe by now to understand that Suicide Squad wont be the ki ..
Sbs
1.5
All in all, that seems like a better approach then spending a year being an asshole.Suicide Squad is out Friday.
Flavor Wire
1.9
A raging war between the Squad and an evil army screams out to be a visceral, brutal battle.
Daily Herald
2.0
It attempts a lot of cool, fun stuff that sets it apart from all existing comic book properties, and the result is a hardcore, colourful tone that is ..
The Shiz Nit
2.0
The scariest thing watching the film was how much it reminded me of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (this is better, but only just).
What Culture
3.1
It will be interesting to see where DC takes these characters after the semi delightful mess that is Suicide Squad. But, for now, just enjoy the slopp ..
Mercury News
2.0
The film struggles to find its footing, being neither as funny as it thinks it is nor dark enough to match the best DC comics.
The Skinny
3.0
Suicide Squad isnt what it seems like in its trailers, but its not anything that you couldnt have guessed.Its not the confident beginning of a tonal s ..
Polygon
3.0
But it does tap into the same pleasure centers, and it ends up being enjoyable in its own right.
No La
2.5
Just the ability to deflate tension with a joke makes these characters seem more real and more admirable.
The Verge
2.5
The DC Entertainment Universes latest attempt to stop the Marvel Cinematic Universe from sucking up all the discretionary cash in comic book geekdom i ..
Post Gazette
3.0
Suicide Squad is probably not a comic book blockbuster for the easily triggered.
The Daily Beast
1.5
Its a curious and perhaps unprecedented one act movie, bookended by an introduction and epilogue.
The Ooh Tray
3.0
A sex bomb liable to explode in your face at any moment, firecracker character is the best thing about the film.
What So
1.5
Its like looking forward to Christmas all year and then waking up on the big day to find Santa Claus sprawled out dead under your tree.
reason
2.0
Suicide Squad is a lot of fun in its opening half hour, delivering on its promise to cut loose and embrace the mash up of comic book storytelling and ..
Scifi Now
3.0
The Good Stuff Suicide Squad is not as flat out awful as Superhero Face Punch That movie is a dour, grinding slog, and Suicide Squad has approximately ..
Lainey Gossip
2.0
It feels like a party that got started without us and can barely be bothered to get us up to speed.
Scifi Movie Page
2.5
It was supposed to show us that the folks at Warner Bros. still know how to make great comic book movies. Suicide Squad is not very successful at that ..
Guide Live
3.0
Suicide Squad is ... disorganized, colorful trash slathered in embossed fonts and spray paint ... missed opportunities, whiffed almost jokes, and half ..
The Mary Sue
1.0
So Ive been nonplussed as Ive watched the movie industry morph into the superhero industry over the past decade.The Walt Disney Company bought Marvel ..
Seven Day Svt
2.5
Everything about Suicide Squad feels rushed, underwritten and overproduced.
Concrete Play Ground
1.8
I really dont want to understate this: Suicide Squad has honestly one of the most nonsensical plots Ive ever seen in a movie.
New Republic
1.3
It was way back when movies aspired to the condition of joy, bliss and high spirits rather than faux punk misery, lurid special effects and a whole lo ..
National Post
3.0
Blade thin, rattlingly manic with metal capped teeth, he looks like a very wicked adult version of the Home Alone era Macaulay Culkin.The movie doesnt ..
People
2.0
As has seemingly become the norm, films adapted from DC Comics are darker in tone than the Marvel offerings and have better premises yet where it most ..
The National
2.0
A blockbusting blitz of baseball bats and badassery from the director of Fury.
Sky
3.5
The movie went from a new, fresh superhero movie, to a standard and predictable one.
Blacknerd Problems
3.5
Think metaphorically again, and see that Suicide Squad entangles post Vietnam and post 9/11 notions about heroism and citizenship...Suicide Squad is T ..
National Review
1.5
Writer director David Ayers (End of Watch, Fury) DC Comics adaptation strands a raft of largely uninteresting supervillain characters in a PG 13 jab a ..
New City Film
2.5
Its a tough thing to balance the requirements of a satisfying action movie while meeting the logistical story demands of a billion dollar franchise.
Winnipeg Free Press
2.2
Now imagine an entire movie made of empty scenes.Suicide Squad is two hours of padding.
M Tv
3.1
It isnt an unmitigated disaster, but the studio has a lot of work to do if it wants to polish and improve the franchise to where it can adequately com ..
Cinema Sight
2.5
Overall, Suicide Squad looks just slick enough but still on the right side of silly to sell itself.
Trespass Mag
3.0
Its more entertaining than Batman v Superman, the first film in the new DC Comics franchise, but compared with Guardians Of The Galaxy, Marvels offbea ..
Daily Star
4.5
3 THE DRAMA Suicide Squad has dramatic moments worthy of a serious movie.
Toronto Sun
1.9
Man, DC Comics movies, I am rooting for you, but you are not making it easy.
Columbus Alive
1.5
Speaking of HQ, shes at the center of the films casual misogyny, an ugly stance thats weirdly amplified by writer director David Ayers (whose last pic ..
Film Frenzy
2.5
Theres a lot to like about the basic setup, but its too often hindered by the films many flaws and surprising conventionality.
Blog Bullz Eye
3.0
It borders on acceptable to be all flash and no substance when a soundtrack is part emo dream ether and part rap, sprinkled with mainstream classic ro ..
Vue Weekly
3.0
Anarchy is fun, but, deep down, good old fashioned superheroism still flies.
Us Magazine
2.5
Written and directed by David Ayer, the story is an energetic and a spirited comic book adaptation, though beyond the interesting aesthetic, doesnt re ..
Cairo 360
2.5
Shenanigans!.The bright colors and high energy the marketing for David Ayers superhero film Suicide Squad promised fades in the first 20 minutes, and ..
Sf Weekly
3.8
It does what it needed to do is setting up the squad and taking them on an adventure together.
Johnhanlon Reviews
3.5
I am happy to report that Suicide Squad is a significant improvement over its lumpen predecessor.
Film Ireland
2.5
What the film has to sell is attitude: its fun to be bad, and its just as fun to behave badly while fighting for the good guys.
Stream On Demand At Home
2.5
Unfortunately, Ayer gets away from that as the film wears on in favor of more screen time for the villains.Its hardly worth the effort.
Toledo Blade
2.5
Is the Batman adjacent blockbuster a POW BANG SMASH hit or is it the movie equivalent of Jared Leto hiding a dead pig in your bedroom.Heres what you n ..
Thril List
1.5
Instead, its just another incoherent mess summer blockbuster that doesnt deserve the attention of comic book fans.
Battleship Pretension
2.5
For me Id just be happy to follow Ms. Quinn for a day at the mall. Cyndi Laupers Girls Just Want to have Fun would be the anthem. Leave the Joker at h ..
Cambridge Day
2.0
Alas, Ayer has never been one to insert much humor in his actioners other than sardonic asides.Except for Robbie and occasionally Leto everyone takes ..
Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.0
Suicide Squad isnt the Jokers movie any more than it is Batmans tale.
Metro Active
2.5
The movie never stops underlining how cool their anti authoritarian attitudes are.
Heral
3.0
Theres something a little over familiar, hackneyed even, about the current crop of computer generated supernatural world destroyers (in films such as ..
News
3.0
Its simple storyline gives audiences something clear to engage with; its cast of villains is charming and surprisingly easy to root for; and it doesnt ..
News
2.8
I enjoy my superhero movies fun like Iron Man or brooding like Christopher Nolans Dark Knight trilogy as long as theyre good.Or at least entertaining.
Review Journal
1.9
Though funny and darkboth thematically and literally; some of the action scenes were hard to track because the film is a bit too tinted to the murkier ..
Free Beacon
1.0
Instead, Squad degenerates into the safest and most generic narrative type: a save the world story with terribly unappealing characters, awful dialogu ..
Impulse Gamer
2.2
Exposition is handled up front in a series of brief vignettes, complete with title screens, and glancing flashbacks afterward.
Willamette Week
2.0
The premise is pretty hoary to begin with: A ragtag collection of imprisoned bad guys is forced into service as a secret U.S. government task force to ..
Aarp
3.5
But Suicide Squad is fine summer entertainment and the closest DC has come so far to keeping up with Marvel.
Abc News Go
1.3
Is it meant to be a serious and gritty spin off of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice .A tongue in cheek dark comedy
The Film File
3.1
Its Harley Quinns movie and everybody else in Suicide Squad is just a supporting character.No surprise there.
Seattle Times
1.5
Suicide Squad may look like candy, and its not entirely sour, but that doesnt make it sweet.
2.0
Davis is deliciously ambiguous as a high ranking agent wholl do whatever it takes to do a dirty job.
Parade
3.0
Is Suicide Squad the worst superhero flick, ever Not remotely. It starts with style and laughs before descending into a mud pit of clichs and dull act ..
The Diva Review
2.0
Captain America: The Winter Soldier used plot twists and duplicitous government officials to add ballast.Suicide Squad merely slaps ideas on its surfa ..
Bbc
3.0
It isnt the best super hero/villain movie ever made but it does provide two hours of entertainment.
Huffing Ton Post
2.5
It could have been a satisfying mid summer amuse bouche, but the film is choppy and uneven, never finding the giddy snarkiness that might have propell ..
Pgh City Paper
1.0
Muddled storytelling, anarchic action and unsympathetic characters make this D.C. Comics adaptation one of the low points of the summer.
Leonard Mal
3.0
The biggest thing Suicide Squad has going for it is its stellar cast.
The Mercury
1.8
Unfortunately, if Suicide Squad is indicative of whats to come with Justice League, the DC Comics film world is in deep, deep trouble.
Showbiz Junkies
1.9
What it delivers is yet another film overflowing with superheroes we barely get to know.
Twin Cities
3.0
Deadpool may have raised the bar far too high for the comic book turned film genre.
Dwight Brown Ink
2.5
There are some astonishing visuals here and enjoyable performances, but overall the movie is a sloppy mess.
Chesapeake Family
2.0
The air almost immediately starts leaking out of the film once it starts. The whole first half hour is a riot of blunt exposition, useless flashbacks, ..
Junkee
2.0
When all is said and done, Suicide Squad is saved from being an utter disappointment by virtue of the performances of its two central characters, Dead ..
Bangkok Post
1.9
This is what makes it extremely painful to have to say that the film is a heartbreaking disappointment in several ways, from the overcrowded cast of c ..
The Blus Pot
3.0
The finished film certainly has its moments, but it never quite delivers that much fun.
Gq Magazine
1.5
This is a very bad film, a jumble of clichs and ludicrous special effects sequences.
World Socialist Web Site
1.0
Ayer maintains Suicide Squad is a film for comic book fans that is designed to offer some fun.
Indie London
1.9
It lacks that in your face presence that dares the audience to embrace it.
Reel Bob
3.0
Parts of it, and some of the performances, are actually quite entertaining.
Houston Press
2.5
So be it.Suicide Squad is so obviously highly derivative of its more diligently conceptualized predecessors, the comparison is unavoidable.
M Live
2.5
Unfortunately, Suicide Squad isnt the great savior of the DC Extended Universe movie series.
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
3.0
Robbie steals the show as the unsheathed force of sex and violence because her character experiences all the horror as entertainment which is where we ..
Ex Press
3.8
Whatever the revisions were, they turned out to be masterstrokes that boosted the material to fulfill the promise of the trailers.
K Gun 9
3.5
NEW YORK (AP) Without stretching, New York Giants offensive lineman Chad Wheeler folds his 6 foot 7, 317 pound frame over far enough to place his palm ..
The Monitor
3.0
Its largely a sloppy, generic comic book movie elevated by its off kilter characters and not helped very much by its weak, limited attempts at colorfu ..
Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
2.0
By keeping the main squad goal so hazily defined for so long, Ayerwhose films have heretofore been fiercely moralseems to want to look away for as lon ..
Bk Mag
2.2
First, the good news: Suicide Squad is actually less disingenuous than Batman v Superman.
My States Man
1.0
Harley Quinn is an embodiment of all the conflicting things this frankly disastrous new movie, choppily written and directed David Ayer, is attempting ..
Buzz Feed
3.0
Aside from Harley Quinn, Deadshot also delivered the most quips and jokes in the film.Perhaps this decision reflects the astonishing success that Marv ..
Shadow And Act
2.0
So yeah, the plot is nonsense, but at least it manages to follow a straight forward path.
Ib Times
2.0
But at the heart of many of the films issues is the simple fact that it has misunderstood the Suicide Squad.
Four Three Film
3.1
Dont know about the Suicide Squad.Watch and learn A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions ..
Charlotte Observer
4.5
Its plain to see now that the burgeoning comic book movie wars are over almost as soon as they began. DC seems to have no clue as to how to properly u ..
CultureMap
1.0
Suicide Squad does nothing to improve the summer blockbuster season.
Tucson Weekly
1.5
This isnt feminism; its doubling down on the same old masc over femme cussing thats been decried as casual misogyny for decades.
Bitch Media
1.3
It gives me no pleasure to trash this film. I want D.C. Comics fans to have nice things, too. On the bright side, there are, like, a gajillion more D. ..
Baltimore Magazine
3.5
But while its imminently watchable, Suicide Squad isnt as fun of a ride as Guardians of the Galaxy.
Family Home Theater
2.5
The plotting, which initially seems intriguing, eventually collapses onto its own narrative petard, and the entire affair devolves into a rain drenche ..
Sandiego Union Tribune
1.5
Director David Ayer plays with a rogues gallery of bad guys in this lurid bit of superhero fun.
NME
2.5
Indeed, the films treatment of its characters is as simplistic as its visual approach is overstuffed.
Arts Hub
2.5
It could have also used more doses of humor.If you like multi character comic book movies, like The Avengers, or if youre a fan of the Suicide Squad c ..
Ny 1
2.0
The explosive action set pieces and closed quarters team combat has great chemistry.
Graffiti With Punctuation
2.0
Sadly, fantasy doesnt seem to fit his eye, and Suicide Squad is more messy than meaningful.Its an adventure that lacks weight.
Times Herald
2.5
In a movie summer of disappointments, Suicide Squad might be the major downer of them all.
Blog Cleveland
3.0
Some killer performances rise above an anemic and predictable story in this DC Comics antihero film.
Cinema Clips
2.5
Please enjoy this Huge Swirling Vortex of Trash.See you again next summer!
S Fist
2.8
It seems perfectly in keeping with the spirit of Suicide Squad to spill a little virtual ink dealing with existential angst.
Dork Shelf
3.0
Suicide Squads premise could be all about smashing preconceived notions about misunderstood characters a theme that resonates highly in todays climate ..
Sojo
1.3
Suicide Squad Intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) decides to assemble a team of dangerous, incarcerated supervillains for a top secret mi ..
Miami Herald
1.5
In Ayers hands, you get a 6,000 year old witch defiantly saying stupid things like You dont have the balls!
Deep Focus Review
3.1
Jennifer Lopez is MTVs next Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award recipient, the network announced Tuesday.
Arca Max
2.5
All of that said, maybe critics are overanalyzing the David Ayer movie.If the audience I saw the film with is any indication of the movies appeal, Sui ..
Bet
3.5
Suicide Squad is a hasty gathering of admittedly fun characters, all jammed haphazardly into a familiar and dumb cartoon tale, handily squandering its ..
Legionofleia
4.5
And thats something thats happened with this particular DC superhero flick.
Giant Freakin Robot
1.9
Somewhere in that mess is a film, possibly a good one.As presented, however, Suicide Squad is a wasted opportunity.
Cleve Land Movie Blog
1.9
In Guardians and Avengers both, when the team finally comes together, its big. Cinematic. Triumphant. That same moment in Suicide Squad feels more lik ..
Pitch
4.5
The story line fuses action,craziness and mythical elements into one entertaining cocktail that you just have to love.
GhMovieFreak
2.5
How many superhero comic book movies does it take to make you yawn with boredom
Susan Granger
1.5
DC seems to be confused in what tone to choose in their recent movies. Suicide Squad would have benefited from a R rating uptick.
Deadscreen
2.0
Letos is all style, no substance.Thankfully, his screen time makes up maybe seven minutes of the movie, not enough to taint this otherwise rich romp.
Comic Book Resources
1.5
The films reputation is worse than its actual quality, but its still not good enough to hold a candle to what James Gunn did with the characters in 20 ..
For the Win (USA Today)
2.5
The Deadshot cut and run sequence is fairly entertaining and Captain Boomerangs pink unicorn fetish is funnier than it should be, but also feels like ..
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