guest review by David Devita
November 17, 2000
Storyline: 6 (10=best)
Originality: 6
Acting: 6
Special Effects: 9
Overall: C+/B- (F=worst, A=best)
Fans of the hit 70's TV show "Charlie's
Angels" will probably enjoy this movie version...
...because it has most of the main elements of the original show: Bosely - the
attorney who doles out the assignments; Charlie - the always-heard but never-seen
owner of the Townsend decective agency; and even the opening narration and graphics
similar to those used on the TV show. But most importantly, the movie has three
of the most beautiful women in the world.
A nd like in the original show, these
girls (played by Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and "Ally McBeal's" Lucy Liu)
are more than pretty faces.
Each is also a one-woman crimne-fighing machine - and when all three get together
- watch out! None carries a gun (in this way different from their 70's counterparts),
each is more than capable of taking on any crook in sight. Drew Barrymore's
character even manages to beat up three assailants while tied to a chair.
Special effects aid the action sequences.
Fans of "The Matrix" will recognize the fighting, as the same effects
team was employed to work on this film as worked on the Keanu Reeves hit.
The movie is filled with plently of action
scenes, but it also has several humorous spots.
Many of these are provided by Bill Murray as Bosley. He plays the character
as a bit more of a bumbler than did the original series' David Doyle, but the
comic results are worth it.
Not that this movie ever takes itself too
seriously.
All of the girls are given funny lines and situations and the film seems more
interested in fashion and action than in scaring or suspending the audience.
Young men should flock to this film in droves,
with its combination of action, cleavage and comedy - plot be damned.
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