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film one out of five stars, saying: "Sadly, the BBC does not pay out for one- |
word reviews. If it did, then this review would read simply: 'tiresome'." [52] |
In 2001, Matt Brunson from Creative Loafing gave the film one and a half stars |
out of four, saying its soundtrack and the glimpse of Naomi Watt's early |
career were its only redeeming qualities. [53] Jonathan Rosenbaum gave a |
moderately positive reviews, concluding: "unless you're a preteen boy who |
hates girls, it's funnier and a lot more fun than Batman Forever ." [54] Roger |
Ebert gave the film two out of four stars. While praising the film's ambition, |
he concluded it was hard to care about it for long as its "manic energy" wore |
him down. [55] Janet Maslin made similar comments about the impact of the |
film's over-the-top style. Her mixed review also criticised the film's |
"pointless" plot, though praised the performances of both McDowell and Petty. |
[56] Owen Gleiberman said Petty's performance was the only good part of the |
otherwise "amateurish" film, giving it an overall C− rating. [36] Leonard |
Klady from Variety was more critical of Petty, saying she "has the spunk but, |
sadly, not the heart of the post-apocalyptic heroine", also stating the film |
lacked an engaging story to draw its intriguing elements together. [57] |
Retrospective reviews of Tank Girl have tended to be more positive. In 2015, |
Elizabeth Sankey said that while plot and continuity issues left the film |
"tremendously flawed", she still could not help loving it, praising its |
soundtrack and costuming. Petty's performance was particularly revered, as was |
the character of Tank Girl. [58] In 2020, Megan Carpentier from NBC News gave |
a positive review, saying it was too ahead of its time and attributing its |
initial poor reception to its feminist themes both unsettling the all male |
producers and executives enough to make heavy cuts to the film, and also not |
appealing to the mostly male film critics at the time. [59] That same year, |
Jef Rouner from the San Francisco Chronicle called Tank Girl the most |
underappreciated comic book film, praising its style and the performance and |
chemistry between Petty and McDowell, [60] and Cheryl Eddy from Gizmodo |
described it as a "fun-as-hell" film that had "long since made up for its |
tepid box-office take by becoming a cult sensation." [61] Home media [ edit ] |
Tank Girl was released on DVD by MGM on April 10, 2001. [62] Aaron Beierle |
from DVD Talk gave the DVD three and a half stars out of five for both video |
and audio quality, though only half a star for special features, noting that |
only the original trailer was included. [63] Shout! Factory acquired the |
rights to several MGM films, including Tank Girl , and subsequently released a |
US Blu-ray version on November 19, 2013. Special features included the |
original trailer, a 'Making of' featurette, a commentary track with Petty and |
Talalay, and interviews with Talalay, Petty, and Hardwicke. Jeffrey Kauffman |
from Blu-ray.com gave the version four stars out of five for audio and video |
quality and three stars for special features. [64] M. Enois Duarte from |
highdefdigest.com gave the version three and a half stars out of five for |
video quality, four stars for audio quality, and two and a half stars for |
extras. [65] The Blu-ray has not been released internationally. Legacy and |
related media [ edit ] A Tank Girl cosplayer in 2014 To boost its declining |
readership, Deadline featured Tank Girl on its cover many times in 1994 and |
1995 in anticipation of the film's release. Subsequently, Tom Astor said the |
release of the film: "was very helpful, but it did not make up the difference, |
it lost some of its cult appeal without gaining any mainstream credibility." |
[66] The magazine ceased publication in late 1995. [67] Alan Martin and Jamie |
Hewlett have since spoken negatively of their experiences creating the film, |
calling it "a bit of a sore point" for them. [68] "The script was lousy," |
Hewlett recalled, "me and Alan kept rewriting it and putting Grange Hill jokes |
and Benny Hill jokes in, and they obviously weren't getting it. They forgot to |
film about ten major scenes so we had to animate them ... it was a horrible |
experience." [69] Talalay complained that the studio interfered significantly |
in the story, screenplay, and feel of the film. [70] [71] She said that she |
had been "in sync" and on good terms with Martin and Hewlett until the studio |
made significant cuts to the film, which she had no control over. [11] Peter |
Milligan wrote an adaptation comic in 1995, [72] and a novelization of the |
film by Martin Millar was published in 1996. [73] In July 1995, it was |
reported that Ocean Software had acquired the licence to create console video- |
game adaptations of the film, [74] though no game was ever released. In 2008, |
Talalay was negotiating with Sony to obtain the rights to direct a Tank Girl |
reboot film . Obtaining the rights was said to be a difficult process, due to |
legal issues of propriety related to the acquisition of MGM and United Artists |
by Sony and other companies. [18] Despite being a critical and commercial |
failure, Tank Girl is often said to have a cult following . [75] [37] [76] |
Petty's version of Tank Girl remains a popular character at cosplay events. |
[77] [78] The music video for Avril Lavigne 's 2013 song " Rock n Roll " paid |
homage to Tank Girl . [79] Megan Carpentier credits Tank Girl as having a |
strong influence on the aesthetics of the 2020 film Birds of Prey , and also |
speculated its influence on the films The Matrix Reloaded , Mad Max: Fury Road |
and the character of Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass . [59] During her interview included |
on the Blu-ray release of the film in 2013, Petty was asked why she thinks the |
film still resonates with fans, and replied: "There's no formula as to why |
Tank Girl was so fabulous and why people love it so much ... It was unique, it |
was new, it was fresh, it was way ahead of its time, and I'm happy that I got |
to do it and that I'll always have her." [80] Luke Buckmaster from the BBC |
included the film in his 2015 list of the "ten weirdest superhero films", |
asserting that: "at its best, director Rachel Talalay captures an ostentatious |
steampunk vibe that proves weirdly addictive." [81] It was reported in |
September 2019 that a reboot of the film was in early development with Margot |
Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment , who optioned the rights |
from MGM. [82] Production was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [83] |
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'Batman's' boffo B.O. in Britain" . Variety . July 24, 1995. Archived from the |
original on October 15, 2015 . Retrieved July 14, 2015 . ^ a b "Tank Girl" . |
Metacritic . Retrieved September 11, 2019 . ^ Cartmell 1997 , pp. 41–43. ^ |
Mainon 2006 , p. 157. ^ Mainon 2006 , p. 159. ^ Mathijs & Sexton 2011 . ^ |
Wynne 1995 , p. 16. ^ Wynne 1995 , p. 17. ^ a b c d e f Rachel Talalay (2013). |
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Rachel Talalay (Blu-ray featurette). ^ a b Maslin, Janet (March 31, 1995). |
"Movie Review – Tank Girl; Brash and Buzz-Cut Atop Her Beloved Tank" . The New |
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