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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Rating: | PG13 |
| Cast: | McG, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu |
Adapted from one of the Swingin' '70s' most popular TV series, Charlie's Angels is a funny, fast-paced romp brimming with feminine pulchritude and bursting with explosive action. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu portray the sexy sleuths whose unseen employer (voiced, as he was in the TV show, by John Forsythe) assigns them to protect software guru Sam Rockwell from mysterious assailants. The high-stakes game takes an unexpected turn when the bodacious bodyguards discover that Charlie himself is the ultimate prize. Although Diaz, Barrymore, and Liu are easily capable of carrying the film on their shapely shoulders, a terrific supporting cast just adds to the fun. Bill Murray puts his signature stamp on the role of John Bosley (David Doyle in the TV original), the Angels' fellow operative. Tim Curry, Crispin Glover, Kelly Lynch, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc, and Barrymore's real-life boyfriend, Tom Green, also make the most of their screen time. Music-video director McG (a.k.a. Joseph McGinty Nichol) makes a flashy feature-film debut, combining Hong Kong-style fight choreography and Matrix-like special effects with loose, improvisational humor and frequent pop culture references. As a result, his high-flying Angels makes heavenly entertainment. McG explains his filmmaking technique in a commentary for the DVD, which also includes music videos from Destiny's Child and Apollo Four Forty, the theatrical trailer, and featurettes documenting the film's production. Ed Hulse
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