Charlie's AngelsMovie Reviews

So-so
Avg. Critic Score: 52 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
12 Iffy for 12+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Examiner | Wesley Morris

    So phenomenal that Bill Murray can't even steal it. And he tries. So excellent that Murray's MTV progeny Tom Green can't sink it. Read full review

  • 80
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    These kickass Barbies bring heart to a machine tooled genre. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Post | Jonathan Foreman

    The film's tongue is so firmly in cheek that, without being a spoof like "Dragnet" or "The Brady Bunch Movie," it has more in common with the "Austin Powers" films. Read full review

  • 75
    New York Daily News | Jami Bernard

    An update with a jolt of sheer exuberance. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    A babe-athon, pure and simple. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Charlie's Angels is finally Cameron Diaz's movie. Her Natalie has a heart as insecure as her body is smokin'. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    It's to these Angels' credit that they, like the movie, are at least intermittent fun. Read full review

  • 50
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey

    What's on screen is a hash, though it may very well be the most comprehensive catalog of male erotic fantasies in one single film. Read full review

  • 50
    Mr. Showbiz | Kevin Maynard

    The movie's still thinner than a supermodel's waist. It's not just that the results are less than heavenly; it's that we don't know what the hell they are. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    An utter debacle. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 12+ Edgy girl power fun. You go, girls!
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that in addition to a lot of "action-style" violence (very little blood), the movie has drinking, smoking, and some profanity and innuendo. One of the angels is shown waking up after a one-night-stand, clearly intending never to see the guy again. She later has a sexual encounter that turns out to have been a mistake.
  • Families can talk about how Dylan's absent father affected her life, especially her decision to work for a man who would never meet her. Knox, too, was affected by an absent father. Why don't the Angels want the men in their lives to know what they do? What would happen if they told them? Even movies as essentially silly as this one can also provide good lessons in problem-solving and ethics. How do they break down the problem of getting access to the GPS software into solvable pieces? Why won't the angels give Knox access to the GPS software?
The good stuff
  • rolemodels true2 Positive role models: Strong female characters (though they get a bit giddy around boyfriends).
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Lots of peril and action-style fighting (no blood); the angels do not use guns.
  • sex false3 Sexy stuff: Innuendo, character wakes up after a one-night stand, has sex with another man.
  • language false3 Language: Brief bad language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking and smoking, brief comic inebriation.
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