Review of Charlie's Angels (2000) by Gregory G — 22 May 2010
Frivolous and fun. The popular 1970s TV series updated and expanded into this unpretentious ninety minute feature. Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu are the three gorgeous female detectives working for a mysterious boss to retrieve a kidnapped software tech.
Directed by the overly slick McG, this version infuses "Matrix"-style martial arts for the action scenes where posing for the camera, as in a shampoo commercial, is the primary motivation. The incoherent plot is a self-referential James Bond retread but the filmmakers aren't much interested in it anyway.
This is a female dominatrix fantasy that features obvious double entendre dialogue. Barrymore is an alluring spright; Diaz is gleefully dizzy. Billy Murray is fun but appears to be on autopilot. He doesn't have much material to work with.
Written by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, John Glover. With Luke Wilson, Sam Rockwell, Kelly Lynch, Crispin Glover, Tom Green, Tim Curry as the slyly named Roger Corwin, and the voice of John Forsythe as Charlie.
Followed by an inferior, overblown sequel "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.".
This review of Charlie's Angels (2000) was written by Gregory G on 22 May 2010.
Charlie's Angels has generally received mixed reviews.
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