Charlie's Angels

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.

Slate David Edelstein

A charming, hyper-energetic, and wittily self-aware action comedy about gorgeous girls.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

These kickass Barbies bring heart to a machine tooled genre.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

The gals are fab. And so's the movie.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

A simply flat-out fun film.

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.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

A babe-athon, pure and simple.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

An update with a jolt of sheer exuberance.

Baltimore Sun Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Irresistible, campy fun.

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'.

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.

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?

Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan

A big, loud, sometimes clever, often dumb behemoth of a movie.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

The most charming bad movie ever spun off a hit TV show.

USA Today Mike Clark

It's to these Angels' credit that they, like the movie, are at least intermittent fun.

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.

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?

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Village Voice J. Hoberman

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

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.

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.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

So inconsequential that it starts evaporating from memory the minute it's over.

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.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

A tarted-up but tedious reprise of the '70s TV series.

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

Of course, it's terrible -- but did it have to be this bad?

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

An utter debacle.

Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

It's hard to believe how bad this movie is.

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.