D.E.B.S. Movie Review 2004

Low-budget riot grrl send-up of "Charlie's Angels" begs the question "Why parody something that never took itself seriously in the first place?" A secret government agency known as the D.E.B.S. recruits nubile teenage girls through trick questions in the S.A.T. that identify their willingness to lie, cheat, and kill. After the team monitors supervillian Lucy Diamond (Brewster) during her blind date with assassin Ninotchka (Cauffiel), leader Amy (Foster) gets a crush on Lucy, which jeopardizes the whole team. Even with the lesbianism added for extra taboo, Robinson can't elevate her material beyond its one-joke premise. Pretty anemic comedy, but plenty for schoolgirl fetishists to be happy about.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Comedy, Secret Service, Spies & Espionage, Teen Comedy, Lesbians, Gays, Female Spies

Screenplay

Angela Robinson

Cast

Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster, Meagan Good, Devon Aoki, Jill Ritchie, Holland Taylor, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jimmi Simpson, Jessica Cauffiel, Geoff Stults

Cinematography

M. David Mullen

Director

Angela Robinson

Music

Steven Stern

Other

Frank Helmer, Chris Miller

Producer

Angela Sperling, Jasmine Kosovic, Sony Pictures Entertainment