Charlie's Angels (2000)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

McG

Writers (WGA):

Ryan Rowe (written by) &
Ed Solomon (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Get Some Action

Plot:

Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Sex Appeal | Retina Scan Faked | Kicked Into The Air | Gagged And Bound

Awards:

12 wins & 26 nominations

Cast

Cameron Diaz	...	Natalie
Drew Barrymore	...	Dylan
Lucy Liu	...	Alex
Bill Murray	...	Bosley
Sam Rockwell	...	Eric Knox
Kelly Lynch	...	Vivian Wood
Tim Curry	...	Roger Corwin
Crispin Glover	...	Thin Man
Matt LeBlanc	...	Jason
LL Cool J	...	Mr. Jones
Tom Green	...	Chad
Luke Wilson	...	Pete
Sean Whalen	...	Pasqual
Tim Dunaway	...	Flight Attendant
Alex Trebek	...	Himself

Also Known As:

3 Engel für Charlie (Germany)
Charlie's Angels: The Movie (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, innuendo and some sensuality/nudity.

Runtime:

98 min | Portugal:94 min (cut version)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | Japanese | Finnish | Cantonese | German | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (No. 37229) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (censored version) | South Korea:15 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

7121 Lonzo Street, Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Milla Jovovich, Alyssa Milano and Julia Roberts were among the many actresses who were forerunners for the parts of Natalie, Dylan and Alex.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Natalie kicks the board that Vivian throws at her, you can see the strings used to pull the wood apart.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Flight Attendant: I said, "Look, lady, it's not the seats that have gotten smaller, it's your ass that has gotten bigger."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Reel Thing (2008)

Soundtrack:

Blind

Silly, but quite enjoyable if you're in the mood.

Three little girls have become three little ladies who work as special agents for Charlie (via intermediary Bosley). When they are contracted in to get evidence of Roger Corwin stealing the kidnapped Eric Knox's voice recognition device. The agents are successful but Knox turns out to have more sinister motives and the angels find themselves fighting to protect Charlie and Bosley.

Yet another in a line of film remake's of old TV shows, in the words of LL Cool J `yet another remake of an old TV show'. However this just about succeeds for one simple reason – it never tries to take itself seriously. This works because it can be camp, silly and OTT because we know it's meant to be. The plot is OK and has some reasonable twists but really the jokes and action move it along. The silliness can get a bit much at times and is a little tiring.

For example we have far too many shots of the girls tossing their hair, and too many scenes that mean nothing. Eg a high speed car chase ends on a bridge but it has no reason for happening and nothing happens as a result. The fights are very OTT and are very much a matrix rip off – they are only just saved by the tongue in cheek attitude of the film. But even then they still silly.

The cast are OK but really they are just playing daft. Rockwell is really good and Bill Murray saves the whole film by being really funny. Tom Green is in it because his girlfriend felt sorry for him and wanted him to be in a film that got shown in a cinema outside of the US, however his character is stupid and pointless. Wilson is good and LL Cool J makes a good cameo, but Tim Curry has been better.

Overall it's enjoyable if you're in the mood for silly popcorn trash. If you're not in the mood this will only serve to irritate you at how poor Hollywood blockbusters can be.