A big chunk of the film involves Harley acting sassy, Nightwing being annoyed with her, and Batman playing the "straight man" in the comedy, which in and of itself is hilarious to watch.
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The story here, however, is rather inconsequential to the fun that writers Bruce Timm and Jim Krieg (the movie is directed by Sam Liu) have with the characters. When Batman (Kevin Conroy) and Nightwing (Loren Lester) learn about Ivy and Floronic Man's activities, they decide to split up – with Batman trying to figure out more about what the bad guys are up to, while Nightwing is assigned to track down Harley Quinn (Melissa Rauch), as she is a former colleague of Ivy's that may be able to help them out. The plot here centers around the plans of Poison Ivy (Paget Brewster) and Floronic Man (Kevin Michael Richardson), who come up with an idea to save the environment by turning everyone into plant people – kind of like Swamp Thing (John DiMaggio), who plays a small (and somewhat silly) part in the proceedings here. The movie isn't violent enough to garner an "R" (in fact, it has less action than the typical DC title), but don't take the PG-13 rating lightly this time around. There's even a scene where Harley has Nightwing tied up in bed and has sex with him (which some are calling a "rape" scene, despite the fact that the movie goes out of its way to show that Nightwing is a willing participant). There's a lot of sexual innuendo in the movie – some which may no doubt go over kids' heads, but some of it rather blatant. Meaning if you're a parent out there who has allowed his or her pre-teen kids to watch prior PG-13 titles from the DC Universe, you'll want to give this one a look yourself first before allowing the same with your youngsters. I should probably preface all this by saying that this title is rated PG-13 for a reason. I didn't just like Batman and Harley Quinn, I sort of loved it – it's definitely the most fun I've had watching one of these DC animated releases, even if the plot is kind of thin.
While I can understand some of these opinions, I don't agree with them.
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However, in the case of Batman and Harley Quinn, it's been impossible to hide from the general consensus out there: most DC fans hate this movie for a number of various reasons – saying it's too sexist, too unlike Batman: The Animated Series (upon which its look is based, not to mention the voices of Batman and Nightwing), or just overall too disrespectful to the DC Universe characters that occupy this story. First, I hate spoilers, but second, I don't want someone's else's opinion to sway my own in any way should I wind up reviewing that title at a later date. I tend to avoid reading any reviews or reaction to movies that I'm interested in seeing for a couple of reasons.
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