D.E.B.S.
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: March 25, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterDuane Byrge
Splashed and accessorized with brainy nonsense, "D.E.B.S." is a "H.O.O.T." Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
So what started as a female "Agent Cody Banks" happily and seamlessly becomes so much more, with style and substance existing in unusual harmony for a spy spoof. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsStaff (Not credited)
Cute, campy and as proudly insubstantial as its heroines' micro-miniskirts, D.E.B.S. deftly fulfills its Jane Bond fantasies without so much as breaking a nail. Read full review
70
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
If you didn't like "Charlie’s Angels," there’s a good chance you'll enjoy the smarter, sexier D.E.B.S. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The terrific soundtrack, which includes the Only Ones' "Another Girl, Another Planet" and New Order's most excellent "Temptation," is heavily weighted towards the '80s, which is exactly as it should be. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
For an unabashedly silly spoof of a girly action flick, D.E.B.S. is unexpectedly fresh, thanks mostly to the sweetly exuberant love story at its center. Read full review
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's so spoofy it's difficult to call 'good' or even 'bad'; just say it's smooth. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
The gags run thin after half an hour or so. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)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 full review
60
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Aims for a mix of "Heathers" wit and "Batman" TV-show camp. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid 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 full review
50
USA TodayStaff (Not credited)
But even by the dull standards of movies so far this year, it seems mighty piffling. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
A lumpy concoction. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubNathan 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 full review
40
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Doesn't live up to its genre-crossing, parodic ambitions. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.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 full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
At some point during the pitch meetings for D.E.B.S. someone must certainly have used the words "Charlie's Lesbians." Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
You might think there's no downside to a movie that peeks up the skirts of babes in micro-minis, but writer-director Angela Robinson's dimwitted satire is libido-killing proof to the contrary. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The film has no idea of how to develop its one-joke premise. The tepid love scenes are as erotically charged as a home movie of a little girl hugging her Barbie doll, and the satire as cutting as the blunt edge of a plastic butter knife. Read full review
10
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
A hideously unfunny spy spoof with pretensions to social satire in its treatment of a lesbian relationship. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The movie has no wit, no charm, no cleverness, no traction. Simply put, it is no fun. Read full review
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