the audience applauded

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills and sex appeal.This is not a good movie, but it is a fun, fluffy popcorn movie. The cast is incredible, the soundtrack top notch. I cannot even imagine the budget on this thing. And the inclusion of Bill Murray? That was inspiring.And then there is Tom Green. Now, I actually like Green in small doses. But he is the odd man out here. The character of "the Chad" just seems wrong on so many levels. He disrupts the flow of the comedy and the gratuitous outfit changes. (Oddly, despite the obvious attempt to push the "sex appeal" angle, I feel like this film probably has more female than male fans.)

"Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal." Ummm, yeah. That pretty much sums it all up. Cameron, Lucy and Drew do their sexy athletic "thing". Bill Murray does his laid-back "thing" but he looks pretty bored doing it. John Forsythe stays hidden as Charlie.Stuff gets blown up. The gorgeous angels change from one overly tight leather outfit to another ... frequently. The bad guys get theirs ... eventually... but only after what seems an eternity of "action".It is intentionally funny and clever on occasion but it is mostly just slow-motion-martial-arts-kicking-and-punching and and and ....There is a limit to how much suspension of disbelief can be sustained and "C's A" pushed that limit to the hilt and beyond.

What are all the things in the world? Are they to be considered separately or as one lump sum? Remember when you were a child, how long ago was that? And when you were then were you ever really there, y'know, looking back now? Hey, did you know this was a Charlie's Angels movie? It came as some surprise to me. If you have enough money you can make any kind of movie. Money made this movie happen, you can tell just by watching it. Something glorious barely ever lived then died and it was put on film, half dream half sh*tty soul crushing multi-million dollar enterprise. No matter of any meaning was at all in any way mentioned through-out this entire motion picture- what is the value of that? Show your work for the equation

Although the critics loved this film and showered it with a ton of awards I have to say that this was probably one of the worst movies based on a television series I have ever seen. The action scenes were awful and the humor was practically non-existent. Not only that but if you're going to do a remake of Charlie's Angels then it's really important to understand what made this show so successful in the first place. To that end let me just say that it was no accident or mere coincidence that Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson were easily the most beautiful team of females to grace the television screen back in the mid-to-late 70's. Call it chauvinistic or politically incorrect but what made this show so special was the fact that they were all gorgeous. And back then everyone knew this. That said, realizing the effectiveness of this simple formula, whenever one of these lovely ladies left the series the producers always ensured that they found other incredibly attractive women to take their place (Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts). In that regard I thought that both Lucy Liu (as "Alex Munday") and Cameron Diaz ("Natalie Cook") were adequate selections. But quite frankly, Drew Barrymore ("Dylan Sanders") has no business being one of Charlie's Angels. She simply doesn't have what it takes. As a matter of fact, Kelly Lynch (as "Vivian Wood") would have been a better candidate than her. To make matters even worse, I thought Bill Murray totally botched the role as "John Bosley". He was awful. At any rate, to sum it all up this movie wasn't half as good as the original series and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.