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Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, and Drew Barrymore are the stars of this Western whose main gimmick is making heroes into heroines. They all start out as prostitutes, as Cody ... read more read more...(Stowe) shoots a drunken colonel who attempts to molest Anita (Masterson). She is about to be lynched for defending her friend when the other "bad girls" ride in and rescue her, pursued by detectives. The rest of the film follows their adventures as they get caught up in hostage situations, bank robberies, shootouts, and romantic interludes with handsome young cowboys with never a hair out of place or an unsightly smudge of Western dust. Amazingly, all four former prostitutes are able to ride, shoot, rope, and fight as well. Bad Girls is not likely to be thought of as a realistic view of how women lived in the Old West. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: February 1, 2005

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  • November 26, 2011
    So this is the female version of 'Young Guns' haha, sounds cliche and this is totally, every one in the book checked. To be fair you knew this was coming ever since they made the brat pack western, there had to be a posse of ladies.

    The film looks fine with fair costume, locatio... read moren and stunts but the plot is so average and with a mixed cast of good and bad actors it just doesn't work, how Andie MacDowell gets work in films is beyond me.

    Bit of a flop on release and panned by critics and I can see why really, I dunno why its called 'Bad Girls' either as the main four are hardly bad or even outlaws, maybe naughty.
  • January 5, 2011
    I like the idea of the rebellious women in such a male dominated era and the toughness of Madeline Stowe here, it's not a film that holds your interest too well.
  • June 14, 2008
    Good actors but weak plot.
  • February 22, 2008
    It was just bad....not much more to say
  • December 1, 2007
    A silly feminist western with no good ideas and plenty of elements lifted from much better films; "The Wild Bunch" in particular is heavily plundered. Of course, most of the men here are either stupid or vicious, or both. There's absolutely no feeling for period and the action sc... read moreenes are badly handled. The plot is non-existent; the women just take it in turns to get captured and free one another.
  • May 13, 2007
    Silly, but the cast is fun.
  • February 27, 2007
    Trashy, sensationalist and rather sexist all-girl version of Young Guns, casted by actresses who went on to much better things (apart from Andie MacDowell, who has always been crap.)
  • October 29, 2006
    Four famous actresses in the Wild West story were okay as the female outlaws of a gang.
  • October 25, 2006
    I never walk out of a movie but I almost walked out of this one.
  • September 14, 2011
    Okay, imagine a western with four gun-slinging females. Got it in your head? Now imagine how it will play, where the plot will go, the final shootout. That film you're imagining is this film because it is everything you expect it to be, nothing more, nothing less. Regardless, it'... read mores still fun...and Drew Barrymore looks very fine dressed as a cowgirl.

Critic Reviews


Jonathan Rosenbaum
February 8, 2010
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

It's the usual combo of high concept and low execution, and not even Jonathan Kaplan's background as an exploitation director can bail him out. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
July 29, 2011
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

A tale about women in the West is a good idea for a genre that's been male-dominated, but not in Kaplan's shallow picture that looks like a fashion spread. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
June 20, 2005
Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

Frankly, if this flick is somebody's idea of "pro-woman," my guess is that that certain "somebody" probably doesn't know all that many women. Full Review

James Sanford
December 10, 2004
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

Great-looking leads in a silly showcase

Fred Topel
July 18, 2003
Fred Topel, About.com

Boring Western. Could be empowering, but it's not.

Clint Morris
April 27, 2003
Clint Morris, Moviehole

Young Guns for the ladies. The west never looked so sweet

Brian Mckay
March 18, 2003
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

awful "girl power" western, with too many girls and not enough power.

Rob Vaux
July 27, 2002
Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium

It's hard to maintain the proper mood when your 'bad-***' heroines inspire fits of giggles.

Chris Hicks
January 1, 2000
Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Bad Girls may be worth a look if you're fans of the stars -- but don't expect too much. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
September 7, 2011
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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