“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you need to just breathe, trust, and see what happens.” This quote by The Joker is how most movie critics might explain Suicide Squad. Although most critics had a negative opinion about it, most audiences liked Suicide Squad. It also made it big in the box office, setting records like no other August premiere. Its diverse cast sure made for a unique movie. All together, this film got some mixed reviews and ratings. In this first paragraph, we will review Suicide Squad’s reviews.
Reviews Suicide Squad got mixed reviews because the viewers cherished it, while the critics did not. For example, on Rotten Tomatoes, it got an audience score of 66%, while the Tomato movie critics thought it was only 22%. The movie also got an average critic rating of 40% on IMDb, and 66% on Metacritic. A large quantity of critics gave it this score because of the many plot holes and outlandish ending of the film. The movie got different reviews on many websites, but audiences still thought it was a good movie overall.
Box Office Despite getting mixed reviews, Suicide Squad ended up making it big in the box office. For one thing, Suicide Squad officially opened on August 5, 2016, and within a week, the movie had already reached $739.9 million in ticket sales. On August 5th alone, it made $65.1 million. The movie had broken the record for the highest Friday through Tuesday earnings in August history. It stayed at the top spot at the box office for three weeks, and also stayed in the top ten for 8 weeks. Suicide Squad was definitely successful enough to destroy the $175 million budget for making the movie. Warner Bros. even announced that they are planning to make another Suicide Squad, leaving a lot of questions on how much money it will make and what it will be about. Perhaps the characters are the movie’s most interesting feature.
Cast In fact, the various characters in Suicide Squadare probably what audiences liked the best. In fact, here are some of the main roles. First, there was the very popular Will Smith who played Deadshot. This film surpassed Independence Day to become the new highest-grossing movie of his career. There was also Jared Leto, who went to great lengths to prepare for his character, The Joker. He even stayed with psychotic patients from a mental hospital and never came out of character in between filming scenes. Margot Robbie played Harley Quinn, a unique character that was a prominent focal point of the movie. Suicide Squad’s array of quirky characters is what made the movie.
This picture shows Batman on the roof of Joker's car in one of the scenes.
In conclusion, moviegoers liked Suicide Squad. A large percentage of the movie critics gave Suicide Squad bad ratings, but it didn’t stop it from breaking many records at the box office and making millions. The exemplary cast and its characters is the reason for its success. Hopefully that the sequel will be better than the first.