Charlie's Angels (2000)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Cameron Diaz Natalie Cook
Drew Barrymore Dylan Sanders
Lucy Liu Alex Munday
Bill Murray John Bosley
Sam Rockwell Eric Knox
Kelly Lynch Vivian Wood
Tim Curry Roger Corwin
Crispin Glover Thin Man
Luke Wilson Pete Komisky
John Forsythe Charles Townsend (voice)
Movie Details
Genre Action; Comedy; Adventure; Mystery
Director McG
Producer Drew Barrymore; Leonard Goldberg
Writer Ivan Goff; Ben Roberts; John August; Ryan Rowe
Studio Columbia / TriStar
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 98 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
For every TV-into-movie success like The Fugitive, there are dozens of uninspired films like The Mod Squad. Happily--and surprisingly--this breezy update of the seminal '70s jiggle show falls into the first category, with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced), and Lucy Liu starring as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung fu-fighting trio employed by the mysterious Charlie (voiced by the original Charlie, John Forsythe). When a high-tech programmer (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, the angels seek out the suspects, with the daffy Bosley (Bill Murray in a casting coup) in tow. A happy, cornball popcorn flick, Charlie's Angels is played for laughs with plenty of ribbing references to the old TV show as well as modern caper films like Mission: Impossible. McG, a music video director making his feature film debut (usually a death warrant for a movie's integrity), infuses the film with plenty of Matrix-style combat pyrotechnics, and the result is the first successful all-American Hong Kong-style action flick. Plenty of movies boast a New Age feminism that has their stars touting their sexuality while being their own women, but unlike something as obnoxious as Coyote Ugly, Angels succeeds with a positive spin on Girl Power for the new millennium (Diaz especially sizzles in her role of crack super agent/airhead blonde). From the send-up of the TV show's credit sequence to the outtakes over the end credits, Charlie's Angels is a delight. --Doug Thomas
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 12
In Collection Yes
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single side, Dual layer
UPC 043396060173
Chapters 28
Release Date 2001
Subtitles English; French
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby
Links
Internet Movie Database