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List Price: $9.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 10977
Released: June 7, 2005 |
| Our Price: $4.09 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Sultry crime boss Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster, The Fast and the Furious) is back in the states and the D.E.B.S.- an elite team of paramilitary college co-ed superspies- are hot on her trail. But when their top agent, gorgeous Amy Bradshaw (Sara Foster, The Big Bounce), mysteriously disappears after coming face to face with the attractive young villainess, the D.E.B.S. begin a full-scale search for Lucy's secret lair, never suspecting that Amy may not want to be rescued after all, in this smart and sexy spy spoof about love at first gun sight.
Description of D.E.B.S. (Special Edition):
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
D.E.B.S. (Special Edition) Reviews:
Absoloutly The Best Movie Ever 
2009-10-30 - In my opinion I loved the movie i could watch it a hundred times and never be bored with it.Its an awesome movie its funny,sweet,romantic,and full of action plus it shows how women can do a lot more than look pretty we can fight crime too hehe :).Im serious though this is a great movie I definitely without a doubt give it a 5 star rating,I love it,its like my most favorite cant live without movie so go out and buy it you wont regret it and im sure it'll become one your favorites too.
Cute little expionage movie
2009-08-28 - I have to admit I bought this movie because I am a huge fan of Jordana Brewster. I think she made the movie. It was a pretty silly premise, but so was "Charlies Angels". Very campy.
Hot Chicks and Classic New Wave Hits 
2009-07-28 - This colorful spoof of spy films is occasionally clever and fun but only for a while. It starts to get a bit dull in spots. It's telling that the film originally started as a short that has now been expanded to feature length. What sets it apart from other films is that the spys and villains are all hot women. The men exist in the background and are there solely to back them up. Since it's a film with all female main characters that means that the romance is between two girls. The four D.E.B.S. (Sara Foster, Jill Ritchie, Megan Goode, and Devon Aoki) battle an evil super genius named Lucy Diamond (Jordana Brewster). No one has ever fought her and lived to tell about it. That is until she gets into a confrontation with the head D.E.B. (Foster). She is in awe of Diamond and is even writing her thesis paper on her. Both women are attracted to each other but seeing as how they live on opposite sides of the law and are mortal enemies a romance is out of the question. Or is it? Diamond sets to work winning over " miss goody two shoes" as she teasingly calls her and the romance blossoms. When word spreads to her fellow D.E.B.S. that their leader is literally sleeping with the enemy all hell breaks loose and Foster finds herself in the middle. The film never stops being fun and is usually entertaining. The best things about it are the soundtrack of New Wave hits featuring the Cure and New Order, and the amazingly hot Jordana Brewster as Lucy Diamond. This is a must see for Brewster fans since not only does she have several kissing scenes with Foster but she's just gorgeous to look at. A promising directorial debut from writer/director Angela Robinson. The DVD has a brief making of and two separate commentaries featuring Robinson on one and the D.E.B.S. (minus Aoki) and Lucy Diamond on the other. The deleted scenes include more bedroom footage between Brewster and Foster.
I love this movie!
2009-04-26 - This was the first movie I'd ever seen with a lesbian relationship. It's cute and funny; I think it's a wonderful alternative to other romantic comdedies, since it does have some action as well! Angela Robinson, I'll be looking out for your other projects!
Fun and funky romance movie sadly sold short by its cover. 
2009-02-11 - Don't judge a DVD by its cover!
In this respect the movie has been horribly misrepresented by the fetish-porn styling of its cover: Don't be put off! This is a quirky, left-of-centre romance story which plays it cute and camp rather than provocative and sexy.
The film sees one of our DEBS heroines falling for their evil nemesis, Lucy Diamond. Subsequently, the girls play for laughs as the remaining DEBS try to catch aforementioned baddie whilst the central romance continues undiscovered, under their noses. Imagine James Bond falling for and dating Le Chiffre while he, M and British Intelligence are supposed to be hunting for him!
It's all very tongue in cheek, a Charlie's Angels/90210/Spy Hard mix, and it does drag at times, its sketch show origins are obvious, but what it lacks in full-on belly laughs it makes up for by being warm-hearted and sweet. The actors are uniformly brilliant and appear to be having a ball throughout with Jordana Brewster as Lucy Diamond stealing the show but no-one is taking themselves too seriously and that's exactly the way you should approach this film: popcorn, pizza, fizzy drink of your choice and leave your brain in another room.
