Shamelessly and gratuitously sexist. Flashy, trashy nonsense. And don’tcha just love it to death!
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1970s jiggle show. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced) and Lucy Liu star as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung-fu fighting trio employed by the my...
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with the exception of a few new offerings from Destiny's Child, Aerosmith and Fatboy Slim, is a nostalgic mix tape of 1970s and 1980s hits. The older songs are fun and ripe for a party: Tavares' "Heaven Must be Missing an Angel", Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and Deee-lite's "Groove is in the Heart" are certain to please a crowd. The new tracks, with one notable exception, are weak and contrived. Destiny's Child offer "Independent Women (Part 1)", an empty declaration of female self-reliance (aren't we over this already?). Aerosmith's "Angel's Eye" is, in a word, terrible. The exception is Caviar's "Tangerine Speedo", a trip-hoppy lounge groove that packs a sassy punch. All in all, Charlie's Angels is a solid purchase, but in spite of, not because of, the new material. --Courtney Kemp
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Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer True - Spandau Ballet DOT - Destiny's Child Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot Angel's Eye - Aerosmith Barracuda - Heart Turning Japanese - The Vapors Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye Ya Mama - Fatboy Slim Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite Charlie's Angels 2000 - Apollo Four Forty Tangerine Speedo - Caviar
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investigators who, with the latest in high-tech gadgets, martial arts techniques and a vast array of disguises, unleash their state-of-the-art skills on land, sea and air. Their goal, to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top secret voice identification software out of lethal hands. Aided by their faithful lieutenant Bosley (Bill Murray), and under the sure hand of their suave playboy boss, notorious for his clever ways of avoiding face-to-face meetings, the girls must foil an elaborate murder-revenge plot that could destroy individual privacy and corporate security worldwide. Adventure had never been more beautiful!
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and Lucy Liu reunite in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. The Angels are ready to strike without warning and kick some serious butt as they go undercover to reclaim two titanium rings encrypted with information that reveals the identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program.When witnesses start to turn up dead, and a sexy ex-Angel (Demi Moore) returns to cause havoc, only the Angels can stop the perpetrator, using their expertise as masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts.Burning with attitude and sex appeal, the girls are heading for a do-or-die thrill ride that never slows down! Crime-stopping has never been so heart-stopping!
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team. This six-disc collection features all the episodes from the second successful season of one of America's best-loved television series.The crime-fighting beauties Sabrina and Kelly have a new addition to their team, rookie Kris Munroe, little sister to former Angel Gill (Farrah Fawcett). The adventures continue as the gorgeous detectives go undercover to take down the bad guys. The mysterious tycoon Charlie Townsend returns as the Angels' boss, assigning their whodunit missions with their trusty sidekick Bosley.
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1996 - Action/Adventure - Director: Tom Clegg - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Daragh O'Malley, Oliver Cotton, Jason Durr, Sean Bean, Allie Byrne
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 2008 - Action/Adventure - Director: Christopher Nolan - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine
Advantages: Anything that has Cameron Diaz in it, wet and 'unzipped' to the waist has got to get 5 stars Disadvantages: not sure Lucy Liu was the right casting for the 3rd 'Angel'
Shamelessly and gratuitously sexist. Flashy, trashy nonsense. And don’tcha just love it to death!
Well that was what I thought after I’d watched the re-vamped Charlie’s Angels back at the Cinema some two years ago. I confess to having the ‘hots’ for Cameron Diaz (And what red blooded male does not?) and would not push Drew Barrymore out of bed either – so those two facts in themselves drew (no pun intended) me to this movie at first. ...entertainment. No ‘sub-plot’, ‘hidden agenda’ and certainly never was going to get into the Oscar nominations list. But it’s a cracking over-the-top, all-action movie full of fast cars, boats and high kicking gorgeous girls – look no further. Charlie’s Angels has all these things and more! A bit like a low brow James Bond movie (– is there such a thing as a ‘HIGH BROW’, James Bond film ?). Anyway, dis-engage your brain, sit back into a comfy chair, ... more
Shamelessly and gratuitously sexist. Flashy, trashy nonsense. And don’tcha just love it to death!
Well that was what I thought after I’d watched the re-vamped Charlie’s Angels back at the Cinema some two years ago. I confess to having the ‘hots’ for Cameron Diaz (And what red blooded male does not?) and would not push Drew Barrymore out of bed either – so those two facts in themselves drew (no pun intended) me to this movie at first.
This is, after all, meant to be entertainment. No ‘sub-plot’, ‘hidden agenda’ and certainly never was going to get into the Oscar nominations list. But it’s a cracking over-the-top, all-action movie full of fast cars, boats and high kicking gorgeous girls – look no further. Charlie’s Angels has all these things and more! A bit like a low brow James Bond movie (– is there such a thing as a ‘HIGH BROW’, James Bond film ?). Anyway, dis-engage your brain, sit back into a comfy chair, switch on, enjoy…..
The story….oh forget the story, you came for the babes didn’t you? Well Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu play the Angels with certainly the first two spending much of the film trying hard not to let their boobs pop out of their costumes! Now that’s definitely a job I’d like – you know..the guy that has to tape them down to stop them just …flopping out when they are not supposed to! And with some of the costumes you can imagine a quick turn in front of a mirror and the phrase I used in my title being uttered – and the answer is “No, most certainly not”.
Add into the mix that ageing, but still still capable, comedian Bill Murray. He is excellent as the hopeless, hapless ‘Bosley’ – Charlie’s ‘gopher’ and the go-between who contacts the Angels for their assignments. The girls each have their own character – much like in the original TV Series from the 70s – with both Drew and Cameron showing their comic abilities with some one-liners. Ms Liu, I found to be slightly miscast. Sure she can kick with the best of them, but personality – she has little! Maybe as the lesser of the trio ‘star-wise’ she was in awe or more likely she just was not given the lines. Her on-screen boyfriend in this movie is none other than Matt le Blanc of ‘Friends’ and ‘Lost in Space’ fame. His role is a minor one though, I guess not to detract from the main cast. Now, if only they’d have upped the ante and cast Halle Berry alongside Cameron and Drew……mmmmmm, I can see the $$$$$ signs already
OK – The story then, if I must. The Angels have to find kidnapped computer whiz Eric Knox and his marvellous piece of voice recognition software that could be very dangerous if in the wrong hands. Those ‘wrong hands’ belong to one of Hollywood’s favourite British baddies - Tim Curry - who plays Millionaire Roger Corwin. But there are a few twists along the way. It seems that the overall target is Charlie himself – it’s all a bit of a ploy to flush him out into the open. I won’t reveal why, who and how – just watch the movie (If you haven’t already) and enjoy the ride.
Like I said, this is not a ‘thinking mans film’ – the sight of Ms Diaz flying through the air unleashing a karate kick, while the zip on her jumpsuit edges further down towards her navel and her boobs resolutely refuse to do the right thing and leap out into view! Ms Barrymore – once a ‘Hollywood wild child’, famous for ‘getting them out’ for David Letterman live on TV, has similar costume…’designs’. Definitely no strain on the eyes and not taxing for the brain.
DVD STUFF You can see this movie on Sky TV quite regularly, but if like me, you think it’s just fab, you could go the whole hog and buy the DVD. You never know, they may have some outtakes where things maybe slip out just a bit too far (I still want the job as the set guy who stands by to ‘put them back in again’!). Sorry – they don’t, but the extras are pretty interesting to look at – nothing groundbreaking, but if you are a fan, well worth paying a couple of £££s extra to buy the DVD rather than Video. Currently www.play.com has the DVD on offer at £9.99 inc postage and you can possibly pick up a BOGOF offer in the likes of HMV, Virgin or other offline stores which will work out around the same price.
·´Welcome to Angel World´ featurette ·´Angelic Attire´ - the clothes and how they were designed to stay on! ·´Getting G´d Up´ featurette giving you a view from the Director ·´The Master and the Angels´ (Martial arts and stunts) featurette ·´Wired Angels´ - Chinese Alley scene deconstruction ·3 Deleted/Extended scenes with introduction by the Director ·Outtakes – but no ‘pop-outs’! ·Destiny´s Child & Apollo 440 music videos featuring songs from the movie ·Feature length audio commentary ·5 original cinematic trailers ·Scene selection etc
Advantages: Superb, brain-in-netral campy fun with non-stop flashy action sequences Disadvantages: Very 'music video' in style, Tom Green sucks, not for the curmudgeonly...and don't expect to expand your mind here!
...decent reviews at the time, Charlie's Angels was a movie I personally had vowed to avoid as being just another lame Hollywood attempt to cash in on the successes of retro TV shows. Having already suffered the atrocious mess they made of The Avengers that year as well as having sat through the likes of The Partridge Family, The Beverly Hillbillies, Mission Impossible, Wild, Wild West(yes, that was based on a 60s TV show no one remembers) and countless ... ...for a long time...
Charlie's Angels is, as I hinted at and I'm sure you already know anyway, based upon the popular 70s TV show of the same name which was arguably the very first example of mainstream girl power to assault the public eye. Hitting the screens in 1976(although it was during the 80's that I saw it), it ran for 5 seasons, changing cast several times but most well remembered for its original three angels of Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith ...
wampyrii 14.12.2002 (16.12.2002)
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Advantages: So camp it's great Disadvantages: An extra 20 minutes wouldn't have gone a miss!
Charlie’s Angels arrived in the post on the Thursday morning; we watched it that afternoon, again on Friday with friends and again on Saturday with some more friends! I plan on watching it again, and again and again, and I firmly believe this could become one of my favourites before too long.
I had heard mixed reviews about the film whose production seemed to be plagued by mishaps and problems, and at one point was almost not made because ... ...with her film, and the outcome is a little cracker.
I missed this fantastic film at the cinema and was most peeved with myself, knowing this, and obviously loving me very much, Hubby ordered me my very own copy on DVD, and I put my tongue firmly in my cheek when we hit the play button.
For 99 minutes I sat glued to the sofa and watched a film that made me laugh out loud, chuckle to myself quietly and smile at the pure genius of McG’s direction. ...
Lizzii 21.04.2001
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Advantages: Two hours of brainless entertainment and gorgeous babes Disadvantages: Two hours of brainless entertainment
NOTE: This was originally filed under the TV series because I couldnt find Charlies Angels. I didn't realise about the rogue apostophes so apologies if you've already read this. I've rewritten the original so you can go back check and rerate if you want. It should be next to this in my list.
I finally got round to watching “Charlie’s Angels” and actually it was quite fun. Everyone seemed to be having a great time, there are lots ... ...reality is put on hold for the duration of the movie, and it doesn’t drag at all. If you want something to exercise the grey cells then this is not for you. It stars Cameron Diaz , Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu as the three “Angels” who are detectives hired by the mysterious “Charlie” who’s face we never see (but played by John Forsyth of Dynasty fame) to rescue kidnapped software genius Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell). ...
mikeydred 22.08.2001
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Advantages: Funny, entertaining, great characters Disadvantages: A bit too cheesy for some
Alex (Lucy Liu), Natalie (Cameron Diaz) and Dylan (Drew Barrymore) have all come from very different backgrounds to end up working for Charlie. Charlie is someone who likes to keep his identity secret therefore giving away nothing for enemies to possibly use against him. Charlie communicates with the girls who he refers to as his Angels through a speaker box controlled by Bosley (Bill Murray).
When the Angels hear of a kidnapping they are immediately ... ...a company of voice recognition software has been kidnapped supposedly for his software. His colleague Vivian is worried and goes to the Angels for help however when Knox is found safe and well it seems like there may have been a double cross somewhere along the line and it’s up to the Angels to solve it. So years after the famous TV series aired and ended in the 70‘s, a film version of the iconic TV series that made the late Farrah Fawcett a star ...
Great_reviewer07 31.07.2009
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Advantages: good effects, all 3 fine looking angels!! Disadvantages: cheesy, paper thin plot
Yet again I find myself writing a review on a film. I really do need to get a life LOL !!! However, I enjoy watching movies that much I may as well put my “Barry Norman” head on again and give you the low down on the latest film I’ve watched. And why not? (said in Barry Norman-esque voice!)
Bored stupid on a Monday night – aren’t we all?- I decided to trawl through Sky’s copious amount of movie channels. Guess ... ...scanned through the listings on their pay per view service Sky Box Office. After much deliberation I settled on “Charlie’s Angels”.
Should I have bothered?
~~CAST~~
Cameron Diaz – Natalie
Lucy Lui – Alex
Drew Barrymore – Dylan
Bill Murray – Bosley
John Forsythe – voice of Charlie
Also starring : Kelly Lynch, Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry, Matt Le Blanc
Running time – approx. 90 minutes
Rating ...
paulc20001 06.02.2002
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Advantages: Funny, entertaining Disadvantages: Lots of sexual innuedno
in the middle long enough for me to remember them. But the music in Charlie?s Angels is so in your face even I noticed it. Of course that could be because there were a lot of tunes that I knew at well, songs like; M C Hammer ?You can?t Touch This, which is brilliant, because all the Angels stop what they?re doing to dance the same moves as Hammer did, and even though it?s a really awful song you can?t help but tap along. There were snippets from lot of 80?s tune (which is my era), Bon Jovi ? Living on a Prayer, Rebel Rebel ? David Bowie (one of my favourites), Flashdance ?Irene Cara, and from other eras there was Everlasting Love, Firestarter and loads more. One that made me laugh (but confused the kids) was Who are you? by The Who, which played when they dressed up as CSI to investigate a crime scene.
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Advantages: fast paced, great action, gorgeous people Disadvantages: you'll either love it or really, really hate it
The angels are back, and this time their heels are twice as high, their outfits twice as revealing, and the plot twice as unbelievable. But that is the beauty of the Charlie's Angels, once you get past the obvious unbelievability of the entire thing, you're in for the ride of your life. If you thought the first film was action packed and fast-paced, you really ain't seen nothin' yet!
This is a sequel, but there's no real need to see the first film to explain anything, unsurprisingly, this film doesn't centre around a complicated plot and deep character analysis. Though it does have a plot, it's not too hard to follow. Anything you need to know from the first film is revisted and explained again. Though I would recommend watching the first just to see how they've 'evolved' with this movie. And to see Cameron doing her butt dance.
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Advantages: Gorgeous babes, impressive stunts Disadvantages: Tries to be something it isn't
What’s this? Three delectable young women whose ability to kick butt is only rivaled by the skimpiness of their attire? This can only mean one thing: Charlie’s Angels is back with a vengeance! All this sounded good to Matt for obvious reasons, so, accompanied by one of his only-partially-interested lady-friends, Matt went to check it out.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept behind Charlie’s Angels, I’ll quickly recap it for you. It started out some 25 years ago as a television series, centering around three young women employed by private investigator Charles Townsend. When I say employed … they didn’t really know him; their only communication was when Charlie got onto their assistant Bosley to feed them details of their latest assignment, each one of which was traditionally completed ...
Charlie's Angels are a group of highly trained investigators skilled in martial arts. Their mission is to recover a billionaire who has been kidnapped and keep his voice identification software out of the wrong hands.
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SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Welcome To Angel World Featurette, Angelic Attire Featurette, The Master And The Angels Featurette, Angelic Effects Featurette, Wired Angels Chinese Alley Scene Deconstruction, Outtakes, Deleted Scenes, Extended Scenes, Music Videos, Feature Length Commentary, 5 Trailers, Weblink, Filmographies, Animated Menus
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2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
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Dolby Digital 5.1
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Dolby Digital 5.1 English Hungarian
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"...Snazzy postmodern trash....Held together by the irresistible moxie of its three stars..." -- Rating: B (Entertainment Weekly, p.94, 17/11/2000)
"...Cameron Diaz is fantastic....She has an old-style star power which lights up the screen the second she smiles....Drew Barrymore is wry and funny..." (Sight and Sound, p.43-4, 01/01/2001)
"...A blast....[The film has] charm, exuberance and good, kitsch fun....Deliriously entertaining..." (Total Film, p.102, 01/01/2000)
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Based on the babe-a-licious show from the 1970s, CHARLIE'S ANGELS is a defiantly goofy action movie featuring plenty of comedy and a strong sense of girl power. Three talented young women work for the mysterious Charles Townsend: Natalie (Cameron Diaz), the bubbly blond science expert; Dylan (Drew Barrymore), the rebellious tomboy; and Alex (Lucy Liu), the tough Angel who has trouble telling her boyfriend that she's a highly skilled secret agent. The Angels are assigned to locate Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell), a kidnapped computer expert whose new software could threaten global security if it were to fall into the wrong hands. The women go undercover to investigate this devious tycoon and are faced with double crosses, explosions, and the mysterious Thin Man. From the acclaimed music-video director McG (Joseph McGinty), CHARLIE'S ANGELS wastes little time on plot, instead presenting audiences with a series of spectacular MATRIX-style fight sequences, car chases, and stunts. Diaz, Barrymore, and Liu as the three Angels give terrific performances worthy of a new breed of female action hero, kicking major butt while remaining lovable and sexy. The movie also stars Bill Murray as the Angels' mentor, Bosley, and John Forsythe as the voice of Charlie.
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