D.E.B.S. (2004)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Angela Robinson

Writer (WGA):

Angela Robinson (written by)

Release Date:

25 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

They're crime-fighting hotties with killer bodies.

Plot:

Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.

Plot Keywords:

Diamonds | Art School | Blind Date | Lesbian Kiss | Lip Synching

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Sara Foster	...	Amy
Jordana Brewster	...	Lucy
Meagan Good	...	Max
Devon Aoki	...	Dominique
Jill Ritchie	...	Janet
Geoff Stults	...	Bobby
Jimmi Simpson	...	Scud
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Ninotchka
Christina Kirk	...	Madeleine
Holland Taylor	...	Ms. Petrie
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Mr. Phipps
J.B. Ghuman Jr.	...	Dustin
Scoot McNairy	...	Stoner
Jean St. James	...	Waitress
Eric Dearborn	...	Eric

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | Brazil:16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

Unlike her character, Domonique, Devon Aoki doesn't smoke, and had to suffer through smoking herbal cigarettes, which she really couldn't stand the smell of.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lucy drives Amy, Janet, and Scud through the off-limits tunnel to the club, just as the car approaches the skull image, we see Lucy at the wheel with bare shoulders. During the rest of the drive, she's wearing a long-sleeve black shirt.

Quotes:

Amy: I think love should be irresistible, like a drug, you know? I think when it happens you should just not be able to help yourself. I just - I wanted... more.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

Soundtrack:

Girls

charlie's angels 2 done right...

If the Wizard of Oz had given Charlie's Angels 2 a heart, some brains and some courage it might have become a film like D.E.B.S.

Set in a secret girl-spy academy, the film is an action comedy romp, made easy on the eye by silly special effects and the uber-short plaid uniforms of the leads. They are the creme de la creme of the academy and must prove their chops by dispatching Lucy Diamond, the new supervillain on the block. Lucy has problems of her own, however, as being a criminal mastermind can really interfere with your love life. When she falls for one of the D.E.B.S., the sparks, and the bullets, start to fly.

D.E.B.S. has the same exuberance as the Austin Powers films without the gross-out humor and the characters neatly blend action genre and teen-movie stereotypes. However, the introduction of a girl-girl romance slyly subverts rather than rehashes the material in a way that is fresh and consistently funny. The supporting characters are fabulous - every line deadpanned by the gauloise-puffing sexoholic Dominique is a gem, and Jimmi Simpson's evil-henchman/romantic confidant steals most of the scenes he appears in.

Do yourself a favor and check it out...