Bad Girls

It was a dangerous time to be a woman & a good time to have friends
It was a dangerous time to be a woman & a good time to have friends
BAD GIRLS (18)
D: Jonathan Kaplan
20th Century Fox (Albert S. Ruddy, Andre Morgan & Charles Finch)
USA 🇺🇸 1994
99 mins
 
Western
 
W: Ken Friedman & Yolande Finch
DP: Ralf D. Bode
Ed: Jane Kurson
Mus: Jerry Goldsmith
PD: Guy Barnes
 
Madeliene Stowe (Cody Zamora), Mary Stuart Masterson (Anita Crown), Andie MacDowell (Eileen Spenser), Drew Barrymore (Lilly Laronette), Robert Loggia (Frank Jarrett), Dermot Mulroney (Josh McCoy)
 
Virtually an all-female remake of Unforgiven, with a quartet of prostitutes replacing the vigilante trio in Clint Eastwood's western.
This might have been half decent if the characters were likeable and the performance were any good, but they aren't.
Maybe in the late 60's or early 70's Sam Peckinpah could have done something more promising with the premise, unfortunately Jonathan Kaplan's effort is a grim attempt on some form of women's lib melodrama in an environment that is usually best suited to masculine anti-heroes. It probably had the best intentions, but the execution and performances are far too poor.
3/10

The cast of Bad Girls
The cast of Bad Girls
Did You Know:
Tamra Davis started as director of this film, with a script written by Yolande Finch and Becky Johnston. A few weeks into filming, the production company became unhappy with the direction the film was taking. They shut down production, replaced Davis with Jonathan Kaplan, had the script rewritten and sent the four main actresses off to "cowboy camp" to learn how to shoot, rope and ride.