Review: HarleyQuinn A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special is fine and dandy, but it makes one wonder where the Harlivyverse goes from here
, winds up for a cozy fireside chat about the spirit of the holiday. It has peppered its hour-long runtime with enough feel-good fuzzies that it looks at first like we’ll get the ol’ hug ‘n learnBut then it winks. “Sorry, wait, why are we doing this? ‘Cause everyone knows all this shit already, so….
The comedic delivery of that message, however, could be better. The hits and misses cluster together. A string of jokes will stick the landing , then slide into limp cameos and bits that go long, not deep. Its lowest point is a gag about animals and tantric sex which last debuted in, of all things,. This works about as well here as it did there, which is to say not at all.
So now, aside from the Villies and a few light tiffs, it feels the shadow of the Joker and Harley’s future with Ivy are complete. Any narrative thrusts to the contrary seem half-hearted. The problem is that this ensemble either isn’t ready for this or wasn’t sturdy enough to begin with. As I mentioned before, Clayface’s parody matured into a distinct interpretation. Bane, on the other hand, relies on two tricks: he’s a big guy dwarfed by an inferiority complex and a callback to Tom Hardy’s meme-worthy portrayal of Bane in. His shoulders may be broad, but his tiny insecurities are supposed to carry 20 minutes of plot here, and they don’t.
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