Charlie's Angels
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For every TV-into-movie success like
The Fugitive
, there are dozens of uninspired films like
The Mod Squad
. Happily--and surprisingly--this breezy update of the seminal '70s jiggle show falls into the first category, with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced), and Lucy Liu starring as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung fu-fighting trio employed by the mysterious Charlie (voiced by the original Charlie, John Forsythe). When a high-tech programmer (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, the angels seek out the suspects, with the daffy Bosley (Bill Murray in a casting coup) in tow. A happy, cornball popcorn flick,
Charlie's Angels
is played for laughs with plenty of ribbing references to the old TV show as well as modern caper films like
Mission: Impossible
. McG, a music video director making his feature film debut (usually a death warrant for a movie's integrity), infuses the film with plenty of
Matrix
-style combat pyrotechnics, and the result is the first successful all-American Hong Kong-style action flick. Plenty of movies boast a New Age feminism that has their stars touting their sexuality while being their own women, but unlike something as obnoxious as
Coyote Ugly
,
Angels
succeeds with a positive spin on Girl Power for the new millennium (Diaz especially sizzles in her role of crack super agent/airhead blonde). From the send-up of the TV show's credit sequence to the outtakes over the end credits,
Charlie's Angels
is a delight.
--Doug Thomas
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| upc: |
0043396060173 |
| title: |
Charlie's Angels |
| theatricalDate: |
03-11-2000 |
| purchase date: |
07-06-2006 |
| publisher: |
Sony Pictures |
| published: |
27-03-2001 |
| price: |
$19.98 |
| net Rating: |
3.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 |
| minutes: |
100 |
| last lookup time: |
171437821.287966 |
| genre: |
Comic Action
Buddy Films
Friends
Parody & Spoof
Love |
| fullTitle: |
Charlie's Angels |
| features: |
Anamorphic
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Widescreen
NTSC
2.35:1 |
| director: |
McG |
| currentValue: |
$1.09 |
| created: |
171437816.849568 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B000056PMV
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