...audience that is. I must ask, whom exactly is this movie meant for? Skimpy school girl outfits and spy movie spoofs suggest a male audience in mind, but the lesbian lead characters lend themselves to female viewers. More over, the film is a tad suggestive for kids and early teens, but too clean for a harder skinned adult. While it is possible to mix themes in film that encompass a multitude of possible viewers, the themes have to connect, not conflict.
Many people are comparing this to Charlies Angels, but that is not the film that came to my mind while watching this. Strangely enough I found myself thinking about Showgirls and Slumber Party Massacre. Why? Both those films suffered the same identity crisis this picture has. Taking definite male set-ups (strippers and slashers respectively) and infusing them with definite female themes ends with a result neither side is all that interested in. I foresee a similar result happening with DEBS.
This isn't to say the movie doesn't have it share of moments. Some of the jokes came off fairly well (being a male though, many of them just flew right by me) and the over all project never stops to take a serious look at the proceedings.
Without a core audience to cater to, this film is destined to slip off the radar much the way it entered it; quietly enough.
5/10
