D.E.B.S.

D.E.B.S.

You can say this about D.E.B.S.: director Angela Robinson's 2005 feature isn't very good, but it is surprisingly entertaining. The premise, which bears a passing resemblance to any number of previous films (from Heathers and Clueless to Charlie's Angels and the Austin Powers franchise), involves a secret government agency recruiting young women as spies, based on their smarts, their ability to lie convincingly, and the fact that they look fetching in ultra-miniskirts. Four of the D.E.B.S. are then charged with collaring "criminal mastermind" Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster), who has returned to the States after hatching all manner of nefarious plots overseas. Then comes the twist: Diamond is gay, and one of our heroines, Amy Bradshaw (Sara Foster), unexpectedly finds herself falling in love with her. Out goes the espionage element; in comes the love story, and therein lies the surprise, as this burgeoning lesbian relationship is handled with unexpected sympathy, even tenderness. Sure, the acting, even by veteran grownups like Holland Taylor and Michael Clarke Duncan, is almost uniformly lame, and the script is silly; overall, the film would have to put on considerable weight to even be considered frothy. Still, D.E.B.S. isn't a bad way to kill a couple of hours. DVD bonus features include a making-of featurette and commentary by Robinson and the cast. --Sam Graham

Production: Destination Films
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2004
91
Website
856 Views
They're crime-fighting hotties with killer bodies.
Evil is so totally busted!

Scud:
You're scheduled to meet 20:00 hours.

Lucy:
Where'd you find her?

Scud:
Zeda tipped us. Said she's available, she's in from Prague, relocating state-side.

Lucy:
Assassin?

Scud:
Check.

Lucy:
Where's the meet?

Scud:
Les Deux Amours. Trendy, yet discreet.

Lucy:
[looking over the image of Ninotchka and shifting her eyes side to side as she thinks] Cancel it. [gets up out of her chair]

Scud:
Why?! It's all set up.

Lucy:
I don't do blind dates.

Scud:
Yeah, well it's not a blind date if you know what they look like, ok.

Lucy:
Just tell her I'm not coming, ok. Say I came down with something.

Scud:
Come on Lucy it's been two years. You have to get out there.

Lucy:
I am out there. I went out with that drummer; the girl from the band that talked really loud.

Scud:
No, you didn't go out with her. We all went out together. And then you lied and said you had food poisoning, and you went home early.

Lucy:
Yeah well she talked really loud, like even when you were right next to her.

Scud:
[under his breath] I know.

Scud:
Look I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to drown yourself in your little schemes to destroy the world. But you need to get over it already, ok. You were dumped.

Lucy:
I was not dumped.

Scud:
Oh you were dumped hard. And that sucks. And you took your time off to go to Antarctica or whatever.

Lucy:
Reykjavik. It's in Iceland.

Scud:
But now it's time to get back in the game, Lucy. You've got a date tonight with a beautiful Russian assassin, and you're gonna show up. Lucy

Lucy:
Fine. Ok, I'll go. I'll be there.

Scud:
Just promise me you'll be open.

Lucy:
Open to what?

Scud:
Open to love.


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