Sunday, February 19, 2006

D.E.B.S.

Enjoyed this witty and rather offbeat girl-spy film spoof by way of the Hollywood teen movie (I thought that latter was also being sent up, but David reckoned that the dialogue was pretty much exactly what you'd get in a standard example of the genre); the lesbianism was a good gimmick and in keeping with the spirit of the whole (it wouldn't have been half as fun had Lucy Diamond been replaced with a male). All done with a light touch which kept the silliness enjoyable (important since the whole thing is so self-consciously silly); much sparkle in the minor details, like the casting of Michael Clarke Duncan, the random French accent sported by Devon Aoki, the endless exaggeratedly cliché sequences and dialogue ("I thought you were different!"), and the brill 80s soundtrack (Only Ones, Cure, New Order, etc). High eye candy value, too.

Here.