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Bad Girls (Extended Cut)

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This movie has always been one of my favorites, and I'm happy to see that Fox has finally released it on DVD! Now I can finally throw-out my old, worn-out VHS-tape copy.

This movie has a good storyline, and the soundtrack is beautiful, as well as is the area in which it was filmed. A large portion of it was filmed in the breathtaking foothills near Jamestown, CA, and in the former Red Hills Ranch movie town of the same area. (You might recognize the town in this film as the same movie town also used in Back To The Future, Part III). Anyway, just enjoy this movie for what it is... an interesting storyline, with a great soundtrack, but where the women are the ones who prove to all that they can take care of themselves, when the situation warrants. A very enjoyable flick, and definitely a keeper!

This movie does not pretend to be a serious effort in film making. It's a funny, not so serious movie that's eye and mind candy. Think of it as Charlie's Angels set in the 1870's. Madaline Stowe, Andie McDowell, Drew Barrymore play whores that are run out of one town and are trying to make their way to another. Along the way they run into Stowe's ex boyfriend who was not so kind to her before and even worse now. It's escapist fun and I recommend it heartily.

I've seen this movie a couple of times over the years and thought it was decent. Like Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Bad Girls begins with the abuse of a prostitute whose vengeance sets the whole plot in motion. But in Bad Girls, plot development is synonymous with costume changes. Chaps, corsets, silks and flannel -- for women on the run who carry no baggage other than their historical baggage as former prostitutes, these four desperadoes scam more new outfits than a bevy of runway models. And at least one of them had to be packing a curling iron. But, okay, this is Hollywood after all, and what's the point of having four women starring in a movie if they don't at least look good, albeit illogical.

The really grievous problems with Bad Girls are its lack of plot and undeveloped characters. On the lam after the most trigger-happy of the bunch, Madeleine Stowe, kills a customer who's roughing up one of the other girls in the brothel, they have very little sense of purpose once they're on their own. With a vague plan of heading toward the Oregon Territory to run a sawmill, Bad Girls moves forward in episodic fashion as they encounter one difficulty (or love interest) after another. You can practically picture it as a weekly TV series that poses hour-long detours on the road to the elusive Oregon Territory. The barrenness of the plot would be less noticeable; however, if there were at least some solid characters to hang the story on. Stowe nicely plays the sternness of her character against the delicacy of her features but even her tough-gal posture is belittled when she is whipped by one man and rescued by another. Masterson, considering her range as an actress of intelligence and physical dexterity, is given surprisingly little to do. As for the others, MacDowell flirts and Barrymore pouts, though each does what she does very well.

The Cinematography is respectable, as is the directing for what the shooting schedule allowed. Not an extraordinary film, but one that entertains on one level. That and the sexual component really didn't need the exposure it received in this film. In other words it couldve been handled more tastefully, or axed altogether.

Bad Girls is my all-time favorite movie. Okay, some of the plots are a tiny bit lame, but what can you expect from a Western? I find this movie to be a fresh look at Western style movies, with strong females using any and every card they have to do what they want. It also has a cast of amazing actors, most that are getting more successful with time. If you like action-packed movies and powerful women, buy this movie!

This is a very underrated movie about 4 women who are trapped by their circumstances in the Old Wild West. Mary Stuart Masterson and Andie McDowell are both prostitutes who dream of a better life and when that chance comes along they run with it into unknown and scary territory. All of the female leads in this movie give very solid and real performances and Drew Barrymore proves that she has indeed grown into a fine woman.I give this movie 5 stars because it is a novel concept which the makers of this film managed to realize very successfully.

I've read the reviews of this film on this website, and one claims this film is like "The Wild Bunch with women", and another one says "It's a female 'Young Guns'". I wouldn't say that about this film, I think this is an underrated gem. This film is entertaining and the actresses (especially Drew Barrymore) do a great job in this film. If you are a fan of westerns or a fan of any of the actresses, check this film out. You can find the DVD of this film in the $5.50 bin at Wal-Mart.

that's how I view this movie... beautiful and popular actresses, lots of action, and a not-to-bad story line. This is one of those movies you can put in during a party and it's entertaining for any short amount of time people choose to look at it... and if you do decide to sit down and get into the movie, it makes it that much better.

I really like both Madeleine Stowe and Drew Barrymore and really had high hopes for this movie, but frankly the storyline is weak at best. There is just no plot. Still, Stowe gives a great performance all things considered and I don't think I've ever seen Drew Barrymore look hotter. Worth renting, but maybe not buying, at least not before you've seen it.

Andie MacDowell did a good job in this one and she is still fine like anything now a days:) Drew is of course drew and cool as anything....now only if this was on DVD FOX?????

This movie, Bad Girls, provided an up close and personnal view of women not as the stereotypical house wife, but as outlaws, as a contradiction to the international degrading view of women. This is something different, new in a sense, and therefore, good. The acting involved is great all things considered. Think otherwise, you try and do better. Yeah, Sandra Bullock would have been great here, but that's ok, we'll make do w/ Drew, Madeline, and Andie, right ? :)