Charlie's Angels
	Rated: PG-13
	Runtime: 1hr 38min
	Starring: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray
	MFG Rating: 4/5

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DVD Features Video: Widescreen enhanced with excellent picture quality, no complaints at all. Audio: Oh yeah! Dolby Digital 5.1 with excellent use of surround channels. Very involving soundtrack without being overdone. Extras: Tons of stuff including multiple featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, outtakes, bloopers, music videos, directors commentary and more.

DVD QuickTake

All DVD's should be this much fun to watch. The video and sound quality are both excellent and would be a good way to show off your A/V system. Another good plus for the DVD format is that we can see that the stunt double for Drew really was naked when rolling down the hill!

Original MoviesForGuys theatrical review

Campy. Mindless. Totally Entertaining. All of these can be used to describe Charlie's Angels. This is a way over the top spoof of the 1970's TV show. Take everything that people remember the original television series for, exaggerate it to the point of being ridiculous, and you've got some idea of what this movie is all about.

If you've seen even a single episode of the TV series, then you know the basic premise of the film version. Charles Townsend, just call him Charlie, runs a private investigation firm. This isn't your ordinary group of P.I.'s however. He employees three beautiful women who he calls his Angels. Charlie is very secretive though, you never see him, he just calls in to dish out orders. Oh yeah, and then there's good ole bumbling Bosley, he's the token male who runs the office and occasionally tries to help out.

For fans of the original show, you should note that this is a whole new group of Angels. Only Charlie and Bosley return as characters from the TV series. Charlie's voice is once again played by John Forsythe. Bosley is now being played by Bill Murray. The original Angels are never referenced in any way. Instead we are introduced to the current crew. Drew Barrymore plays Dylan, the busty redheaded bad girl of the group. Natalie is the bubbly booty shaking blonde played by Cameron Diaz. And finally we have Lucy Liu as the brunette tough girl Alex who knows less about cooking than Ellie May Clampett.

The action is so over the top that these girls are more like comic book superheros than P.I.s. Each one of them is super intelligent, a master of disguise and has more martial arts moves than Jet Li in Romeo Must Die. They can also withstand explosions which hurl them through windshields while sustaining no more damage than messing up their hair. And although it was obviously campy, they actually did a great job with the action sequences borrowing alot of slow mo and wire effects not only from Romeo but also The Matrix. Now if you hate those kind of effects in your fight sequences, consider yourself warned.

Now with such gorgeous babes being featured, I know every guy out there is wondering just how much flesh we get to see. Just like the rest of the aspects of the TV series, they simply take the "jiggle factor" to the extreme. They just tease us alot harder. You'll see tons of flesh and some major cleavage from Drew. And you'll get tons of very provocative poses including some butt shots from behind while on their all fours, but you never see any actual nudity. Closest we get is a wet top.

This movie does not take itself seriously even for a single moment. And you shouldn't either. Check your brain at the door and just enjoy the ride. There's not really a slow spot in the film, and I totally enjoyed it. In fact, had they went ahead and gave us some nudity I would've given it 5 stars on the Movies for Guys scale. As is, it's a strong 4 star movie, and I highly recommend it as long as you go into it knowing it's a campy over the top spoof. If you're expecting a serious big screen version of the TV show, stay home.

- Billy Bob