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List Price: $19.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 37194
Released: May 27, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The Superbit titles utilize a special high bit rate digital encoding process which optimizes video quality while offering a choice of both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. These titles have been produced by a team of Sony Pictures Digital Studios video, sound and mastering engineers and comes housed in a special package complete with a 4 page booklet that contains technical information on the Superbit process. By reallocating space on the disc normally used for value-added content, Superbit DVDs can be encoded at double their normal bit rate while maintaining full compatibility with the DVD video format.
Description of Charlie's Angels (Superbit Two-Disc Deluxe Edition):
For every TV-into-movie success like The Fugitive, there are dozens of uninspired films like The Mod Squad. Happily--and surprisingly--this breezy update of the seminal '70s jiggle show falls into the first category, with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced), and Lucy Liu starring as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung fu-fighting trio employed by the mysterious Charlie (voiced by the original Charlie, John Forsythe). When a high-tech programmer (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, the angels seek out the suspects, with the daffy Bosley (Bill Murray in a casting coup) in tow. A happy, cornball popcorn flick, Charlie's Angels is played for laughs with plenty of ribbing references to the old TV show as well as modern caper films like Mission: Impossible. McG, a music video director making his feature film debut (usually a death warrant for a movie's integrity), infuses the film with plenty of Matrix-style combat pyrotechnics, and the result is the first successful all-American Hong Kong-style action flick. Plenty of movies boast a New Age feminism that has their stars touting their sexuality while being their own women, but unlike something as obnoxious as Coyote Ugly, Angels succeeds with a positive spin on Girl Power for the new millennium (Diaz especially sizzles in her role of crack super agent/airhead blonde). From the send-up of the TV show's credit sequence to the outtakes over the end credits, Charlie's Angels is a delight. --Doug Thomas
Charlie's Angels (Superbit Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) Reviews:
Charlie's Angels... How many angels fit on the head of a pin? 
2009-10-24 - Charlie's Angels: 7 out of 10: Reading the major press reviews I am struck by a time travel quality of their pans. It is as if they are watching another movie entirely. It's as if they were watching the leaden Charlie's Angels sequel Full Throttle.
The first Angels however is a great movie if you keep three things in mind. It is mindless. It is fun. It is mindless fun. Never has eye candy had so many empty calories. As nutritious for your brain as a deep-fried Twinkie and with about as much substance, Charlie's Angels is about as quintessential a summer movie as you can get.
This is not a bad thing. With a great soundtrack, three hot girls, solid supporting cast and non-stop action even brainless fun can be well good. It is not easy to make a film this shallow, this entertaining. (As the sequel proved and come to think of it dozens of movies prove every summer.) In reality there is a fine line between fluffy, bubble headed, featherbrained fun and feeble-minded, half-witted, imbecilic drudgery.
Charlie's Angels stays solidly on the featherbrained, fluffy side. It is that rather rare film that is smart enough to keep it simple and needless to say mindlessly fun.
Awesome Movie 
2009-10-07 - this is an awesome movie. this movie kick's butt and bill muray is hilarious. it's a must see
Great movie
2009-06-26 - This was a very funny movie, compared to the original Charlie's Angels. My grandson thought Cameron and Drew were the funniest.. Good movie
It did what it was meant to do
2009-01-08 - People have complained about things like the plot and all of those aspects. The reason that they've made those sort of comments is because they're comparing it with Academy Award type films when this was NOT meant to even be nominated for an Oscar. They were making this movie only to entertain. The director himself even pointed out that this film is not Othello, and that it's not meant to be anything like that.
There was one time when a friend and I watched it at least three times within twenty-four hours. It has a lot of action-packed sequences, amusing moments, and a pretty good soundtrack. The action sequences are very exciting. The amusing moments aren't meant to make you crack up. After all these are Charlie's Angels, not the Marx Brothers. The pretty good soundtrack is more of a matter of taste. However, it includes a wide amount of music, ranging from the so-called nu metal of Korn, the classic rock of Heart, the R&B style of that time with Destiny's Child, the disco of Tavares, and a lot more. Oh yeah, I forgot about the techno version of the Charlie's Angels theme song.
The angels are Drew Barrymore as Dylan, the rebellious one, Cameron Diaz as Natalie, the soft-hearted and free-spirited one, Lucy Liu as Alex, the formally educated one. The characters come from very different backgrounds from each other, as do the three actresses. Drew Barrymore is descended from a family of award winning actors and actresses, including Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore. Lucy Liu's parents were both Chinese immigrants, and she never spoke any English until the age of five. Cameron Diaz got her start as a model, and her first acting role was a major role, after having had no acting experience at all.
Bill Murray also adds some humor into the movie. His role is different from what he did in films like What About Bob? (a film where Murray stars as a mental patient who stalks his therapist, when the therapist's family thinks he's great) or Groundhog Day (a film where Bill Murray stars as a TV host repeating the worst day of his life again and again). The difference between the two films I just mentioned and Charlie's Angels is that Bill Murray isn't the star, but he does a great job as a supporting character.
All in all, this movie is perfect for what it is, a fun action movie, but if you want the type of film that will win an Academy Award, stay away from this film.
Once upon a time, there were three little girls who watched a television show.... 
2008-12-30 - Charlie's Angels (2000) And they all grew up to be successful movie actresses and they made sure this series became one to make the jump to the Big Screen. It follows the successful blueprint of The Brady Bunch Movie: take the concept of the series and subvert it in some way. The filmmakers wisely clue the audience in right away, having one of the characters verbally deride a (fake) feature film called TJ Hooker-The Movie. With that sense of humor, this feature proceeds to have a grand old time poking fun at the semi-campy series it was derived from.
We follow Drew Barrymore (also one of the film's producers), Cameron Diaz (There's Something About Mary), and Lucy Liu (Payback) through a lot of fast paced action nonsense that takes satiric jabs at everything from Mission Impossible to the Matrix.
And it is a lot of fun. You do have to be in the mood for this kind of "wink wink nudge nudge" romp, but if you are, there's plenty here to enjoy, from flashy visuals to the three leads' beauty, from the scenery chewing bad guys to good ol' Bill Murray, adding his usual hint of the absurd as aide de camp Bosley.
Now, apparently not everyone has the sense of humor needed to enjoy this, as there is not one single television Angel cameo to be seen, but thankfully John Forsythe once again lends his wonderful voice to the Angels' never-seen boss, Charlie.
If you enjoy lighthearted (and possibly lightheaded) adventure, check this one out. Also with Sam Rockwell (The Green Mile), Kelly Lynch (Mr. Magoo), Crispin Glover (Back to the Future), and Tim Curry.
