Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

Batman and Harley Quinn feels like slipping back into the warm, shadowy glow of Batman: The Animated Series, with Kevin Conroy’s iconic gravitas anchoring a story that’s brisk, colorful, and happily a little unhinged. The real spark comes from the uneasy trio dynamic—Batman and Nightwing’s straight-faced intensity crashing into Harley’s chaotic charm—while the animation leans into that nostalgic aesthetic without forgetting to deliver crisp, well-staged fights. It’s a comic-book caper with a mischievous sense of humor and a pulpy, eco-crime vibe, the kind that keeps the stakes real even when the jokes get loud. Fair warning: the PG-13 edge includes some raunchier humor and sexual content that won’t be for every Batman fan, but if you’re game for a throwback adventure where Harley steals scenes and the action snaps, it’s an easy, entertaining watch.

Batman and Harley Quinn is clearly trying to mash up classic Batman: The Animated Series energy with a looser, adult-leaning road-trip comedy, and on paper that odd-couple team-up sounds like a winner. In practice, the tone wobbles hard between superhero stakes and raunchy, juvenile gags, with a script that feels thin and a resolution that arrives more because the movie needs to end than because it earns it. If you’re hoping for a tight detective story, respectful character work, or a serious Batman adventure, this one can feel like it’s wasting its own premise. The redeeming bits are the familiar voice talent and a few fun Harley moments, but you’ll enjoy it most if you’re fine with PG-13 sex jokes and don’t mind the plot taking a back seat to crude humor.