megoobee Quick Cliff Notes summary: Terrible attempt at a "Thelma and Louise" styled western.OK, I gave you a chance to stop at the abridged summary, here's the detailed version:The story centers around four down on their luck women who have turned to prostitution as their livelihood. The audience is never told how the four got together nor are their back stories explored in detail.One of the ladies shoot and kill an unruly "customer" and the group flees. Along the way they try to swindle cash from a bank, meet men (some helpful, some not), make stupid decisions, make more stupid decisions and everything works at the end with everyone happy as larks.I realize audiences sometimes have to suspend belief when watching movies. It doesn't mean however, that audience be treated as idiots by the filmmakers. The girls constantly get into trouble but yet they always make it out safely while the people who help them wind up injured or dead. Sorry but even John Wayne didn't get out of every scrape unscathed. Another puzzling thing, where did the protagonists learn to shoot as well as they did? I'm pretty sure prior to being prostitutes, killing people was not their previous line of work. The final showdown is especially disappointing. Who goes to a hostage exchange without a back up plan? The audience is expected to believe that the 4 protagonists with little to no gun fighting experience can bring down a group of outlaws in their own lair. Um, no.Bad story, bad acting and bad southern accents - they got the "Bad" part correct in the title. I recommend skipping this movie if you have not seen it yet.

slmcgrat Bad Girls was filmed beautifully in the Texas wilderness, the story line between these women in the Old West held my interest and the humor was delightful. Starring Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore, Mary Stuart Masterson and Madeleine Stowe. These were brave gals trying to survive on their own, back when women had no rights if they weren't married, and society blacklisted any independent unmarried woman trying to earn a living, even if you were a widow with land rights denied to you. DrewBarrymore was especially adorable - although all the girls were quite good in their respective roles. A very enjoyable "light" story! The soundtrack was lovely as well. I have to rate this an "R" as there is some violence and bad-boy behavior toward woman.

AnusPresley This film could easily be dismissed (deservedly) as yet another McMovie off the assembly line, but for one thing - it appears to be a really lame homage (as opposed to blatant rip off) to the mother of all westerns, _The Wild Bunch_ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065214/). The opening features a Temperance Union march and the ending with a (lame and bloodless) shootout, complete with gattling gun - from which the heroines walk away unscathed and without a hair out of place. Everything in between is peppered with stuff lifted from _Wild Bunch_ - bandits robbing a US army arms shipment to sell in Mexico most prominent, and the lead up to the finale of the 4 gals on horseback riding into bandido town to rescue a compatriate is a carbon copy. Even chunks of dialog are lifted - "Well why dontcha all kiss my sister's black cat's ass"...This is more than simply bad - its insulting. Peckinpah must be spinning in his grave.

Nicholas Guldner Jonathan Kaplan's Bad Girls leaves an interesting taste in my mouth. It is an energetic and fun film, offset by its ridiculous characters and plot. The believability factor in this flick is low, which encourages its audience to view it as a swirling maelstrom of metaphor and symbol. Woman, as defined by the early 90's, can overcome any impediment and still be beautiful, no need to become manly (and lose her femininity) to assert herself. The Western genre serves as a perfect tableau for this discourse because it is one traditionally dominated by men. Likewise, the men in Bad Girls each represent an institution of American culture that is dominated by men and their mentality, conveniently dispatched by the bad girls.Four whores raise hell by killing a Colonel and running out of town, complete with unnecessary slow motion of Drew Barrymore shouting "heeyah!" and the humiliation of every man who crosses their path. The military, traditional justice, and Christianity are trampled upon, left wondering how these motivated and hard working women could escape their clutches. The film from here takes some twists and turns, and several complete circles. In short, the whores chase a dream of establishing a home for themselves around a mill that Mary Stuart Masterson's late husbands owned, countering the murderous advances of men with their own sexual flaunting. Gunfights, smarmy dialogue, pseudo-lesbianic encounters, and female flesh fill the film to to a near bursting capacity, much like Barrymore's bosom.It is not what I would call a smart film, however it does present itself as an interesting fable about the empowerment of women by women who remain women. I would liken Bad Girls to that of the Freudian dreams of those who struggle against "the man." I feel that it deserves to be seen at least once.