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D.E.B.S. (2004) Rank 2 Reviews
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Chicago Tribune (Allison Benedikt)
La Presse, Montréal (--)
eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
D.E.B.S. is light and airy and frequently quite fun, yet one can't help but feel that the feature-length version is too little butter spread over too much toast. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
There's an undercurrent of commentary that elevates it above spoof-dom. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Something supremely silly yet slyly subversive: a gay girl-power romance in skimpy exploitation clothing. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Boxoffice Magazine
Filmsalon.be (Bruno Pletinck)
Globe and Mail (Jennie Punter)
The most endearing aspect of D.E.B.S. , a sweet-spirited spoof, is that the lesbian romance is played for real, with no nudge-nudge wink-wink irony. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Globe and Mail (Jennie Punter)
San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
A prime example of a dispiriting trend: movies whose primary point of reference is other movies. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Even if it doesn't add up to a whole lot, the movie is content to tickle you gently more than jab you in the ribs. These days, that's saying a lot. Alas. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
With the fun, nonstop momentum of a Saturday morning cartoon, D.E.B.S. makes you forgive most of its shortcomings. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
USA Today (Staff (Not credited))
But even by the dull standards of movies so far this year, it seems mighty piffling. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at USA Today (Staff (Not credited))
UpcomingDiscs.com (Ryan Keefer)
I didn’t know what quite to expect from watching D.E.B.S. for the first time. So, it looks like a group of college girls who double as CIA assassins, right? OK, I can buy that, I mean, I’m a fan of Alias, so I can dig it. You’ve got Amy (Sara Foster, ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Ryan Keefer)
filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Somewhat like watching the Disney Channel’s girl-power prime-time lineup through a muddled exploitation-lite filter, D.E.B.S. is a patently ridiculous teen-spies scenario that’s played mostly for laughs but oddly enough only works when ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Alas, the movie isn't nearly as amusing as its premise, but it's refreshingly different from most run-of-the-mill teenage fare. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
An incorrigible tease. It baits its audience with the promise of fluffy, light-footed cotton-candy fare, but delivers a clumsy, talky, indifferently filmed lesbian romance. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
less daring or funny than a sub-par WB show ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
LA Weekly (Ernest Hardy)
Doesn't live up to its genre-crossing, parodic ambitions. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at LA Weekly (Ernest Hardy)
Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
This forced spoof seems to be targeted at lesbian couples and hetero men with severe schoolgirl fetishes; that may be a legitimate market, but I'd hate to be sitting between them. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
At some point during the pitch meetings for D.E.B.S. someone must certainly have used the words "Charlie's ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Dress it up with all the kitsch in the world, this is still just a lesbian falling-in-love story, and not a very interesting one at that. The characters are two-dimensional parody characters, trapped in a movie that doesn't know how to do parody. ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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ShowBIZ Data
Supposedly the selling feature of D.E.B.S. (an acronym for Discipline, Energy, Beauty, Strength), which debuted as a short at the Sundance Film Festival, was its description as a lesbian/teen send-up of Charlie's Angels. But several critics suggest that ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
At some point during the pitch meetings for "D.E.B.S." someone must certainly have used the words "Charlie's Lesbians." The formula is perfectly obvious: ...read the complete D.E.B.S. movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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