Hip, Fun Action
Rating: 8 of 10 
Recently, there probably hasn't been a movie I could have been less enthusiastic about seeing than 'Charlie's Angels' - and I couldn't possibly have been more wrong.
While recycling oldest and deadest TV shows might somehow seem strange and even utmost unimaginative a concept, McG succeeded in firstly realizing this by not taking everything so seriously, and secondly, by delivering a solid and spirited action movie nevertheless - parodizing everything within the range of Bond in general, both Mission Impossible movies, and - of course - 'The Matrix' - but doing so by unleashing an odd mixture of reverence, satirizing and inventiveness. The fight scenes are marvellously shot and choreographed, the story is rather surprisingly complex, the characters have some depth even - but mostly, this is just plainly and insanely funny.
Everything, starting with the inventive use of the Columbia Pictures logo, the in-flight movie, the introduction of the Angels, the cast as such and the general atmosphere is not just right but even better - and I'm not even a fan of Drew Barrymore's. Yet every single ingredient is perfect - and Bill Murray's the topping. Refreshing and hilarious - a great departure from the overall seriousness of other action movies.
December 5th, 2000
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