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68
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64
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63
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57
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49
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Charlie's Angels
Columbia Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for action violence, innuendo and some sensuality/nudity
Starring
Cameron Diaz,
Drew Barrymore,
Lucy Liu,
Bill Murray,
Sam Rockwell,
Kelly Lynch,
Tim Curry, Crispin Glover,
and
Luke Wilson
A trio of elite private investigators (Diaz, Barrymore, Liu) armed with the latest in high-tech tools track down a kidnapped computer ace and keep his top-secret voice-identification software out of lethal hands. (Columbia Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
Ryan Rowe
Ed Solomon
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol)
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 27, 2001
Video: March 27, 2001
Theatrical: November 3, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
98 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
So phenomenal that Bill Murray can't even steal it. And he tries. So excellent that Murray's MTV progeny Tom Green can't sink it.
80
Slate
David Edelstein
A charming, hyper-energetic, and wittily self-aware action comedy about gorgeous girls.

80
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
These kickass Barbies bring heart to a machine tooled genre.
80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The gals are fab. And so's the movie.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A simply flat-out fun film.

75
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
The film's tongue is so firmly in cheek that, without being a spoof like "Dragnet" or "The Brady Bunch Movie," it has more in common with the "Austin Powers" films.
75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
A babe-athon, pure and simple.
75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
An update with a jolt of sheer exuberance.

75
Baltimore Sun
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Irresistible, campy fun.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Charlie's Angels is finally Cameron Diaz's movie. Her Natalie has a heart as insecure as her body is smokin'.

70
Film.com
Robert Horton
Something rare: a mess of a movie that is somehow infectious, and infectious not despite the mess, but because of it.

70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Who cares about the fate of privacy, of all things, when you can watch three sexy babes stamp out crime in zip-off suits and high-heeled boots?

67
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
A big, loud, sometimes clever, often dumb behemoth of a movie.
63
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
The most charming bad movie ever spun off a hit TV show.
63
USA Today
Mike Clark
It's to these Angels' credit that they, like the movie, are at least intermittent fun.

60
Variety
Todd McCarthy
This entertaining confection possesses the substance of the TV show, the pacing of a Hong Kong actioner and the production values of a James Bond thriller.

50
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
It never pretends that it's anything more than trashy, cheesy fun. But even trash -- especially trash this expensive -- should at least be well made. Sure, it's easy on the eyes, but would a little brains be too much to ask?

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The dialogue includes double entendres that are rather clever, if you're mentally at the age of 11.

50
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
The movie's still thinner than a supermodel's waist. It's not just that the results are less than heavenly; it's that we don't know what the hell they are.
50
Time
Richard Schickel
The best you can say for this version of Charlie's Angels is that it retains a sort of chipper, eerie good nature as it wastes the studio's money and our time.
50
Film.com
Moira Macdonald
While it's not exactly the complete bomb that some were predicting, Charlie's Angels is ultimately just an amiable mess.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
What's on screen is a hash, though it may very well be the most comprehensive catalog of male erotic fantasies in one single film.
50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Too bad the action scenes rarely rise above standard kung-fu comedy, diluting the film's otherwise considerable entertainment value.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A potato chip of a movie. Tasty and lightweight, it's fine for a cinematic snack, if that's what you're looking for. Making it an entire meal, however, really isn't advisable.

50
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
The cheesy disco action scenes are topped only by the movie's ripe double entendres and continual cheesecake.

42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
At its best, it is self-effacing fun.But the cartoonish approach takes its toll: The random twists and contrived showdowns devolve into just so much abstract business, too silly to take seriously and too unmotivated to make sense.

40
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The first third or so offers all the dominatrix fantasies one might wish for, but then fantasy gives way to the aggressiveness of the special effects and optical effects.

40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
So inconsequential that it starts evaporating from memory the minute it's over.

40
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
It tries to be both camp and action film--send-up and kick-ass. But it delivers so little on both fronts.

30
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A tarted-up but tedious reprise of the '70s TV series.

30
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
Of course, it's terrible -- but did it have to be this bad?

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
An utter debacle.

25
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's hard to believe how bad this movie is.
12
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's a movie without a brain. Charlie's Angels is like the trailer for a video game movie, lacking only the video game, and the movie.


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