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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterBeandrea JulyThe Hollywood ReporterBeandrea JulyBanks brings Charlie’s Angels into the modern age with flair, all while unapologetically raising a feminist flag, championing female friendships and subtly making a point about the urgency of the ongoing climate crisis.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichNobody really asked for another “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, but this one will leave you eager for more. It seems these women might still have the element of surprise on their side, after all.
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe movie is relentless, it’s pulpy and exciting, it’s unabashedly derivative, and at an hour and 58 minutes it’s a little too much of a rousingly of-the-moment feministic but still rather standard-issue thing.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichEntertainment WeeklyDarren FranichThis new Charlie’s Angels gets very crush-y between silly excess and striving ambition, but even the sugar is flammable.
- 65TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanTheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanThese women wear what they want, love who they want, find fulfillment in their power, and support each other unconditionally. They’re not undermined by a script that highlights their flaws or insecurities, or a camera that reflexively leers at them. They get to just be, with all the freedoms and potential of any other fictional heroes.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsI wish there were as many big payoffs and clever jokes as there are Bosleys in this movie. But Stewart and company have their fun, and we have a reasonable percentage of theirs.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThere’s intermittent fun to be had in this throwaway relaunch of the female secret agent franchise but the party is cut short by incoherent action and a clunky script.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonNot quite thrilling or hilarious enough, writer-director Elizabeth Banks’ take on the 1970s television series preaches empowerment and gender equality, and leads Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska prove to be fun company. But this fizzy entertainment is yoked to a dull spy story which recycles genre tropes without adding much that is new to the mix.
- 50The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe overall look of the film has the shiny, empty appearance of a newly rehabbed condo, and the quips about women’s love of cheese and gigantic closets have a similarly hollow sassy-greeting-card feel. But the outfits in those closets, it must be said, are fabulous.
- 42The PlaylistKimber MyersThe PlaylistKimber MyersThere’s no big action set piece à la “Mission: Impossible” here and no single line of memorable dialogue to reference. But someone will have created a supercut of Kristen Stewart’s best moments on whatever app replaces YouTube, and that will remain more indelible than the movie as an actual movie, especially for the girls who see themselves or women they want to see on screen.