Corny but cute

Charlie’s Angels
Stars Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore and John Cleese. Rating M.
Reviewer: PTE Simone Heyer

Great clothes and impressive locations provide much to look at in Charlie’s Angels.

It’s not easy to resist Charlie’s Angels. The Angels are strong, tough, fit, sexy, wear great clothes and are still feminine enough to draw in the gentlemen.

Of course it’s corny – you know that before you go in, but guys never consider man-action flicks to be corny!

There are plenty of dubious fight scenes and way out lines but Charlie’s Angels is a good fun movie.

The Angels find themselves trying to track down a set of rings that, when together, are encoded with the complete list of the witness protection program.

It turns out that Dylan (Barrymore) is on this list. Yikes. The girls have to protect Dylan, find the rings and save the day.

A bad former Angel, Madison (Moore), arrives on the scene, and here’s another oddity; who is 40 and can look as good as a much-younger Cameron Diaz in a bikini and not have had any work done?

Madison, is known by the Angels for her success in tracking down villains using only a bedside horoscope guide, and the sly Scorpio knows the adage keep your friends close and your enemies closer still.

The only person I can’t quite place the importance of is an unusual hair-sniffer – if anyone has any info on this character and why he’s in the film, let me know.

It’s also nice to see John Cleese as Alex’s (Liu) straight-laced dad who thinks she’s a nurse until her dithering boyfriend gives him hints as to her secret job.

Unfortunately, the clues have him thinking Alex is involved in the oldest profession – and not a secret agent/PI-type job.

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